 ... that those two comets passed directly over the city, and that so very near the houses that it was plain they imported something peculiar to the city alone ; that the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion...  Belgravia - Page 2051877Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Defoe - 1869 - 488 pages
...the city alone. That the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but, that the...that, accordingly, one foretold a heavy judgment, slew but severe, terrible, and frightful, as was the plague. But the other foretold a stroke, sudden,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1871 - 328 pages
...the City alone : that the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the...fire was bright and sparkling, or, as others said, naming, and its motion swift and furious : and that accordingly, one foretold a heavy judgment slow... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very solemn, heavy, and slow; but that the comet before the fire was bright...and sparkling, or, as others said, flaming, and its motions swift and furious ; and that accordingly one foretold a heavy judgment, slow but severe, terrible... | |
 | Belgravia - 1877 - 556 pages
...city alone ; and that the comet before the Pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the...; but the other foretold a stroke, sudden, swift, md fiery, as was the Conflagration. Nay, so particular some people VOL. XXXII. WO. CXXYI. P were, that,... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - Astronomie - 1877 - 344 pages
...; and the comet before the pestilence was of a faint dull languid colour, and 'ta motion very heavy and slow ; but that the comet before the fire was...and that accordingly one foretold a heavy judgment, plow but severe, torriblo and frightful as was the plague ; but the other foretold a stroke sudden,... | |
 | English history - 1881 - 888 pages
...the city alone ; that the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the...judgment, slow, but severe, terrible, and frightful, as the plague was ; but the other foretold a stroke, sudden, swift, and fiery, like the conflagration.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1881 - 820 pages
...the city alone ; and the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the...and that accordingly one foretold a heavy judgment, but slow and severe, terrible and frightful, as was the plague ; but the other foretold a stroke sudden,... | |
 | English dictation - 1881 - 156 pages
...the city alone : that the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the comet before the fire was E bright and sparkling, or, as others said, flaming, and its motion swift and furious ; and that, accordingly,... | |
 | 1882 - 916 pages
...to the city alone ; and the comet before the pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid color, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow ; but that the...and that accordingly one foretold a heavy judgment, but slow and severe, terrible and frightful, as was the plague ; but the other foretold a stroke sudden,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, Gideon Harvey - Fires - 1882 - 456 pages
...the City alone: that the Comet before the Pestilence was of a faint, dull, languid colour, and its motion very heavy, solemn, and slow; but that the...Fire was bright and sparkling, or, as others said, naming, and its motion swift and furious; and that, accordingly, one foretold a heavy Judgment, slow,... | |
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