Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5G. Bell and Sons, 1884 |
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... bodies that were dead , they gave their opinions publicly , that they died of the plague . Whereupon it was given in to the parish clerk , and he also returned them to the hall ; and it was printed in the weekly bill of mortality in the ...
... bodies that were dead , they gave their opinions publicly , that they died of the plague . Whereupon it was given in to the parish clerk , and he also returned them to the hall ; and it was printed in the weekly bill of mortality in the ...
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... body of the people did not rise as one man and abandon their dwellings , leaving the place as a space of ground designed by heaven for an PREDICTIONS DREADFULLY TERRIFY THE PEOPLE . 17 Akeldama , doomed 16 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
... body of the people did not rise as one man and abandon their dwellings , leaving the place as a space of ground designed by heaven for an PREDICTIONS DREADFULLY TERRIFY THE PEOPLE . 17 Akeldama , doomed 16 THE PLAGUE IN LONDON .
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... bodies lying unburied and the like ; just as the im- agination of the poor terrified people furnished them with matter to work upon . So hypochondriac fancies represent Ships , armies , battles in the firmament ; Till steady eyes the ...
... bodies lying unburied and the like ; just as the im- agination of the poor terrified people furnished them with matter to work upon . So hypochondriac fancies represent Ships , armies , battles in the firmament ; Till steady eyes the ...
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... bodies for the plague instead of preserving them against it . On the other hand , it was incredible , and scarce to be ... body in case of infection . Antipestilential pills : INCOM- PARABLE drink against the plague , never found out before.
... bodies for the plague instead of preserving them against it . On the other hand , it was incredible , and scarce to be ... body in case of infection . Antipestilential pills : INCOM- PARABLE drink against the plague , never found out before.
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... bodies with odious and fatal preparations ; some with mercury , and some with other things as bad , perfectly remote from the thing pretended to , and rather hurtful than serviceable to the body in case an infection followed . I cannot ...
... bodies with odious and fatal preparations ; some with mercury , and some with other things as bad , perfectly remote from the thing pretended to , and rather hurtful than serviceable to the body in case an infection followed . I cannot ...
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Page 11 - I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Page 326 - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
Page 11 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day : nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Page 12 - Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, Even the most High, thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.