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" Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 236
1825
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Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including ..., Volume 1

Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 452 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...water-side to another. And among other things, the poor pidgeons, I perceived, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconys,...
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London, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...but there was a pair of virginals in it." Pepys's observing eye noticed also that the " poor pigeons were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they burned their wings and fell down.'' In the afternoon Pepys is on the " water again,...
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An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London: With Anecdotes of ..., Volume 2

John Thomas Smith - 1846 - 484 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...the water-side to another. And among other things I perceived the poor pigeons were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1849 - 818 pages
...into the river, or into lighters that lay off; the poor staying in their houses till the fire actually touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering...from one pair of stairs by the water-side to another. Some poor pigeons who were loath to quit their little homes, hovered about the windows and balconies...
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Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, the diary deciphered by ..., Volume 2

Samuel [collections] Pepys - 1854 - 506 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay oflf; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...another. And, among other things, the poor pigeons, T perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconys, till they...
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty ...

Samuel Pepys - 1855 - 504 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stall's, by the waterside, to another. And, among other things, the poor pigeons, I perceive, were...
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The Boys' and girls' companion for leisure hours, ed. by J. and M ..., Volume 1

1857 - 498 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters, that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...things the poor pigeons, I perceive, were loth to learc their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies, till they burned their wings and fell...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off ; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they burned their wings, and fell down. Having staid, and in an hour's time seen the...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...river, or bringing them into lighters that lay off ; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running...leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they burned their wings, and fell down. Having staid, and in an hour's time seen the...
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A Hand-book of Epsom: With Illustrations on Wood and Steel, Embracing the ...

C. J. Swete - 1860 - 298 pages
...little Michell and our Sarah on the bridge." Among other things how he describes " the poor pigeons loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconys until they burnt their wings and fell down." And the poor people, like these forlorn birds, still clinging...
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