When we could endure no more upon the water, we to a little alehouse on the Bankside over against the Three Cranes, and there stayed till it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow; and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more; and in corners and upon... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2371825Full view - About this book
| England - 1849 - 802 pages
...against the Three Cranes, and there stayed till it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow, andi as it grew darker, appeared more and more ; and in corners,...ordinary fire. Barbary and her husband away before us. We stayed till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire, from this to the other... | |
| Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1826 - 270 pages
...miles round ; the conflagration, as an eye-witness has recorded, throwing itself up into the air, « in a most horrid, malicious, bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.» As he approached London Bridge, the houses, with which it was at that time covered, were all in a blaze,... | |
| Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1826 - 308 pages
...miles round; the conflagration, as an eye-witness has recorded, throwing itself up into the air, " in a most horrid, malicious, bloody flame, not like the fine flame of VOL. IH. 13 an ordinary fire." As he approached London Bridge, the houses, with which it was at that... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1829 - 456 pages
...over against the Three Cranes, and there staid till it was almost dark, and saw the fire grow, and as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners,...flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire. We staid till it being darkish we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other... | |
| Horace Smith - English fiction - 1837 - 316 pages
...ten.miles round ; the conflagration, as an eyewitness has recorded, throwing itself up into the air, " in a most horrid, malicious, bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire." As he approached London Bridge, the houses, with which it was at that time covered, were all in a blaze,... | |
| Thomas Allen - London (England) - 1839 - 512 pages
...over against the Three Cranes, and there slaid till it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow, and as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners,...bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary lire. Barbary and her husband away befo~e us. We staid till it being darkish, we saw the fire as only... | |
| Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...over against the Three Cranes, and there staid till it was almost dark, and saw the fire grow, and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners,...flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire :,-;<-;%•- . , .--,>, •- - . ...i. /. .. ; V,C'c4:¿ [London during the Great Fire, from the Bankside,... | |
| American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...Cranes, and there staid until it was dark almost, and there saw the fire grow ; and as it grew darker and darker, appeared more and more ; and in corners and...flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire. We staid till we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side of the bridge,... | |
| England - 1849 - 822 pages
...against the Three Cranes, and there stayed till it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow, and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more ; and in corners,...the fine flame of an ordinary fire. Barbary and her hnsband away before us. We stayed till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of... | |
| 1849 - 588 pages
...Cranes, and there staid until it was dark almost, and there saw the fire grow ; and as it grew darker and darker, appeared more and more ; and in corners and...flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire. We staid till we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side of the bridge,... | |
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