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Page 26
... flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting , into one amalgamated mass , thousands of gunlocks , bayo- nets , and other arms . I have just spoken to a pious lady residing on Tower Hill , who , when told , on the ...
... flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting , into one amalgamated mass , thousands of gunlocks , bayo- nets , and other arms . I have just spoken to a pious lady residing on Tower Hill , who , when told , on the ...
Page 36
... flames . This fire was one of the most tremendous scourges that ever visited London . It seemed as if the Holy One was pouring out , on the devoted city , the vials of his wrath . " It was in the depth and dead of the night , when most ...
... flames . This fire was one of the most tremendous scourges that ever visited London . It seemed as if the Holy One was pouring out , on the devoted city , the vials of his wrath . " It was in the depth and dead of the night , when most ...
Page 37
Old Humphrey. Some churches were in flames that day ; and God seemed to come down , and to preach himself in them , as he did in Mount Sinai , when the mount burned with fire ; such warm preaching those churches never had ; such ...
Old Humphrey. Some churches were in flames that day ; and God seemed to come down , and to preach himself in them , as he did in Mount Sinai , when the mount burned with fire ; such warm preaching those churches never had ; such ...
Page 86
... flames , that issued forth as if they had been so many great forges from the opposite windows , which , folding toge- ther , united into one great flame throughout the whole street ; and then you might see the houses tumble , tumble ...
... flames , that issued forth as if they had been so many great forges from the opposite windows , which , folding toge- ther , united into one great flame throughout the whole street ; and then you might see the houses tumble , tumble ...
Page 121
... flames . A window of the first- floor is thrown up ; one lets himself down by a sheet , another leaps in desperation on the stone pavement . But how are the poor wretches , shrieking at the attic window , to escape ? There is a trap ...
... flames . A window of the first- floor is thrown up ; one lets himself down by a sheet , another leaps in desperation on the stone pavement . But how are the poor wretches , shrieking at the attic window , to escape ? There is a trap ...
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