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" Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it. "
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Page 236
1825
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His MS. Cypher in ..., Volume 6

Samuel Pepys - 1885 - 382 pages
...message he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord! what can I do ? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,...
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The Vintners' Company: Their Muniments, Plate, and Eminent Members, with ...

Thomas Milbourn - 1888 - 162 pages
...message he cried, like a fainting woman, 'Lord! what can 1 do? I am spent, people will npt obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes...night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home." Under date September the 7th, " People do all the world over * Pepyi' J>iary by Lord Braybrookc, 4th...
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal ..., Volume 2

1888 - 354 pages
...message he cried like a fainting woman, ' Lord ! what can I do ? I am spent, people will not obey me, I have been pulling down houses, but the Fire overtakes...night,' so he left me and I him and walked home." Sir Thomas was not in office four months later, when Pepys again visited the city ; the fire was still...
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Travels in Lands Beyond the Sea: Beauty and Glory of Western Europe ... Pen ...

Charles Dorrance Linskill - 1888 - 430 pages
...message, " cried like a fainting woman, 'Lord! what can I do? I am spent. People will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." So he left me, and I him " Pepys goes on, and walked home, gazing at the distracted people, not forgetting...
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Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esqr. F.R.S.

Samuel Pepys - 1889 - 344 pages
...woman, " Lord 1 what can I do ? I 1 Sir Thomas Bludworth. VOL. 3 T am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses too so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,...
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 1

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 pages
...message, he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord ! what can I do ? I am spent ; people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." The King and the Duke of York showed themselves better men at this time. They were very active, and...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 152

1892 - 944 pages
...message, he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord ! what can I do ? I am spent ; people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." In the course of the day the fire had spread back to Gracechurch Street and up the river to the Vintry,...
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English Prose: Selections : with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...message, he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord, what can I do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,...
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...message, he cried, like a fainting woman, " Lord, what can I do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes...seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning,...
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London and the Kingdom: A History Derived Mainly from the Archives ..., Volume 2

Reginald Robinson Sharpe - 1894 - 674 pages
...lack-a-daisically exclaimed in answer to a message from the king ; " I " am spent ; people will not obey me. I have been " pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes us " faster than we can do it.'' 2 The inhabitants were 1 Charles II is said to have l)een the last English sovereign to occupy rooms...
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