 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 422 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us,' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw." The account of the plague is not so historical as we have elsewhere read it ; but it is full of authentic... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1833 - 448 pages
...with a red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us ' writ there ; which was a sad eight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw." Ten days after this entry in his diary, he relates the following occurrence. "June 17. It struck me... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us !" writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. — 'To St. James's, and did our usual business before the Duke of York; which signified little, our... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us," writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. July 12th. A solemn fest-day for the plague growing upon us. 13th. Above 700 died of the plague this... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1848 - 466 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put me into an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll-tobacco to smell... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1854 - 532 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and "Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put me into an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll-tobacco to smell... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1854 - 508 pages
...cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us ! " writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, heing the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put me into an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll-tobacco to smell... | |
 | Art - 1857 - 520 pages
...252. •with a red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord have mercy upon us !' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to...myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some rolltobacco to smell to and chaw, which took away the apprehension."* The costly nature of the luxury... | |
 | American essays - 1894 - 1020 pages
...marked with a red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord, have mercy upon us ' writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw." The unabridged diary constantly deepens our sense of what may almost be called the pitiless veracity... | |
 | Art - 1857 - 594 pages
...which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to ray remembrance I ever saw. Ifput me in an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I waa forced to buy some rolltobacco to smell to and chaw, which took away the apprehension."* The costly... | |
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This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and "Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw. 
