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" ... there good hopes of saving our office ; but great endeavours of watching all night, and having men ready; and so we lodged them in the office, and had drink and bread and cheese for them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight, though... "
Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including ... - Page 168
by Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 95, Part 2; Volume 138

Early English newspapers - 1825 - 726 pages
...cheese for them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight; though when I rose I heard that there had been a great alarm of French and Dutch being...of actions, and little sleep, that it looked like a w«ek or more, and I had forgot almost the day of the week. " 6th. Up about five o'clock ; and met...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 95

English essays - 1825 - 724 pages
...and slept a good night about midnight ; though when 1 rose I heard tliat there hud been a great alum of French and Dutch being risen, which proved nothing....of actions, and little sleep, that it looked like a wetk or more, and 1 had forgot almost the day of the week. •* i;tl i. Up about five o'clock; and...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 95, Part 2; Volume 138

Early English newspapers - 1825 - 710 pages
...for them. Aad I lay down and slept a good • night about midnight ; though when I rose I heard that there had been a great alarm of French and Dutch being risen, which proved nothing. Bnt it is a strange thing to see how long this time did look since Sunday* • having been always full...
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Time's Telescope

Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight; though when I rose I heard that there bad been a great alarm of French and Dutch being risen,...little sleep, that it looked like a week or more, and I bad forgot almost the day of the week. ' 6th. Up about five o'clock ; and met Mr. Gauden at the gate...
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The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and ..., Volume 1

Thomas Allen - London (England) - 1839 - 512 pages
...cheese for them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight ; though when rose I heard that there had been a great alarm of French and Dutch being...about five o'clock, and met Mr. Gauden at the gate * He forgot the shoulder of mutton from the cook's the day before of the office (I intending to go...
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Popular History of England, Volume 4

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1858 - 560 pages
...lives had been lost. Mr. Pepys at last lies down and sleeps soundly. He has one natural remark : " It is a strange thing to see how long this time did...more, and I had forgot almost the day of the week." The contemporary accounts of the Fire, such as we find in a sensible pamphlet entitled ' Observations...
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Popular readings

Popular readings - English poetry - 1867 - 266 pages
...it was done, and now the spread of the conflagration ceased. " It is a strange thing," says Pepys, " to see how long this time did look since Sunday, having...that it looked like a week or more, and I had forgot the days of the week." Four days after, says Clarendon, people who had buried papers and linen in vaults...
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Protection Against Fires: And the Best Means of Putting Out Fires in Cities ...

Joseph W. Bird - Fire prevention - 1873 - 294 pages
...; and seen Antony Joyce's house in fire And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight. .... But it is a strange thing to see how long this time did look since Sunday, .' • . . and I had almost forgot the day of the week. " Qth. Up about five o'clock ; . . . . and...
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The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of ..., Volume 4

Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1876 - 622 pages
...rose, 1 heard there had been a great alarm of French and Dutch having risen, which proved nothing. Rut it is a strange thing to see how long this time did...sleep, that it looked like a week or more, and I had forgotten almost the day of the week. Here is Evelyn's account of the same day : 5th. I crossed towards...
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The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms ...

Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1876 - 846 pages
...great alarm of French and Dutch having risen, which proved nothing. But it is a strange thing to sec how long this time did look since Sunday, having been...sleep, that it looked like a week or more, and I had forgotten almost the day of the week. Here is Evelyn's account of the same day : 5th. I crossed towards...
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