 We stayed till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long ; it made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and all on fire, and...  Time's Telescope - Page 2201826Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Robson Tanner - Authors, English - 1925 - 336 pages
...and in a bow up the hill for 1 Printed from the Ballard Letters in Academy, xxxviii. (1890), p. 174. an arch of above a mile long : it made me weep to...houses at their ruine. So home with a sad heart." . . . In contrast with this is a charming pastoral scene on Epsom Downs on July 14, 1667. Pepys sprained... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1926 - 652 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep...their ruine. So home with a sad heart, and there find poor Tom Hater come with some few of his goods saved out of his house, which is burned. I invited him... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Authors, English - 1926 - 656 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep...cracking of houses at their ruine. So home with a sad hear and there find poor Tom Hater come with some few of his goods saved out of his house, which is... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Authors, English - 1927 - 720 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long : it made me weep...and all on fire and flaming at once ; and a horrid I666] PEPYS' OWN HOUSE IN DANGER 333 noise the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their mine.... | |
 | Amy Boesky - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 256 pages
...as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side of the bridge, and in a bow up the hill, for an arch of above a mile long. It made me weep...the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their mine.:4 Initially, the blaze did not cause undue alarm. Fires were common enough in English towns that... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 820 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep to see it. 10 This is a masterly piece of observation, which in its juxtaposition of the helpless bystanders and... | |
 | Kate O'Halloran - Education - 1998 - 148 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep...flames made, and the cracking of houses at their ruine. 1. Divide the class into groups and distribute the handout. If you wish, read aloud the excerpt from... | |
 | Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill, for an arch of above a mile long. It made me weep...the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their ruin. So home with a sad heart, and there find everybody discoursing and lamenting the fire; and poor... | |
 | Lindsay McNab, Imelda Pilgrim, Marian Slee - English language - 2002 - 210 pages
...firedrops. We saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side of the bridge. It made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and...flames made, and the cracking of houses at their ruine. We were forced to pack up our own goods and prepare for their removal. Adapted from Samuel Pepys's... | |
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