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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... 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 usual manner ...
... 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 usual manner ...
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... dead in all was but 388 , there was none of the plague , and but four of the spotted fever . But the following week it returned again , and the dis- temper was spread into two or three other parishes , viz . , St. Andrew's , Holborn ...
... dead in all was but 388 , there was none of the plague , and but four of the spotted fever . But the following week it returned again , and the dis- temper was spread into two or three other parishes , viz . , St. Andrew's , Holborn ...
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... dead of the plague in that parish , but had been set down of the spotted fever , or other distempers , besides others concealed . But those were trifling things to what followed immedi- ately after ; for now the weather set in hot , and ...
... dead of the plague in that parish , but had been set down of the spotted fever , or other distempers , besides others concealed . But those were trifling things to what followed immedi- ately after ; for now the weather set in hot , and ...
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... dead , were so frequent to be heard , as we passed the streets , that it was enough to pierce the stoutest heart in the world to hear them . Tears and lamentations were seen almost in every house , especially in the first part of the ...
... dead , were so frequent to be heard , as we passed the streets , that it was enough to pierce the stoutest heart in the world to hear them . Tears and lamentations were seen almost in every house , especially in the first part of the ...
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... dead of the plague at St. Giles's . Next to these public things , were the dreams of old women ; or , I should say , the interpretation of old women upon other people's dreams ; and these put abundance of people even out of their wits ...
... dead of the plague at St. Giles's . Next to these public things , were the dreams of old women ; or , I should say , the interpretation of old women upon other people's dreams ; and these put abundance of people even out of their wits ...
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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.