| J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 422 pages
...marked they are, being foreign. " June 7th. The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us,' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." The... | |
| Curiosities and wonders - 1833 - 448 pages
...hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did, in Drury-lane, ee« two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there ; which was a sad eight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw." Ten... | |
| Arthur Thomas Malkin - History - 1835 - 440 pages
...The hottest clay that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did see in Drury-lane two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us' writ there, which was a sad sight to me, being the first of that kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." : June... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...7. The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury-Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon...doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us !" writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. — 'To... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...the plague was beginning to rage. " June 7, the hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses with a red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon usf writ there ; which was a sad sight... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...the plague was beginning to rage. " June 7, the hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and Lyd have mercy on us ! ' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me." Again, on the 17th of the same... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 488 pages
...he speaks of as " the hottest day that ever I felt in my life," he says in his "Diary," "This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us' writ there." Two years * Aubrey's " Letters of Eminent Men." afterward, when Pepys was passing through Drury Lane,... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...already shut up. God preserve us all ! May 7th. The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us," writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. July... | |
| Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1848 - 466 pages
...walking, and spending but Qd. till nine at night. The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did - in Drury Lane see two...doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put... | |
| London - London (England) - 1851 - 200 pages
..."the hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did see in Drury-lane two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the...doors, and ' Lord, have mercy upon us !' writ there, which was a sad sight to me, being the first of that kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." Again,... | |
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