 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1918 - 986 pages
...do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more soldiers ; and that for himself, he 70 must go and refresh him self, having been up all night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home,... | |
 | Walter George Bell - Fires - 1920 - 468 pages
...Vestry Minutes, 1666. 1 Henry Bennet Lord Arlington had been appointed Secretary of State in 1662. faster than we can do it.' That he needed no more...all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire." None of the populace who had seen the flames speeding along by the waterside had... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes iving water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness...over with gold dust divine, And the locust-flesh to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - American prose literature - 1923 - 392 pages
...I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more...all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1926 - 1258 pages
...do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more...all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Authors, English - 1926 - 656 pages
...I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more...all almost distracted; and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 820 pages
...I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' That he needed no more...refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left rne, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to... | |
 | Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...do? I am spent! People will not obey me. I have been pullfing | down houses. But the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' That he needed no more...all almost distracted and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 356 pages
...I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more...all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as... | |
 | Ernest F. Henderson - History - 2004 - 468 pages
...do ? I am spent : people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses, but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it." That he needed no more...left me and I him, and walked home, seeing people almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts,... | |
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That he needed no more soldiers ; and that, for himself, he must go and refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home ; seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses,... 
