 | Thomas Beven - 1895 - 1072 pages
...way), 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.' " a See the question discussed as to the limits wilhin which this may be done. Pufendorf, Le Droit... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 500 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,... | |
 | Alfred John Church - 1896 - 240 pages
...might die out. And what did he answer. ' 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." And so all that he did was to go home THE GRKAT FIRE. and refresh himself." I could not wonder at the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 644 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,... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 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,... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 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,... | |
 | 1899 - 574 pages
...fainting woman to the king's message — 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 ! ' It was evident if the fire did not reach Chancery Lane 'before Thursday' it would not be thanks... | |
 | Frederic Morell Holmes - 1899 - 200 pages
...fire] 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.' " This is a graphic little picture of the bewilderment of the people ; and Pepys goes on to say that,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 526 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,... | |
 | 1901 - 660 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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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. 
