| Daniel Defoe - Fires - 1722 - 306 pages
...dreadful Cafes happened in particular Families every Day; People in the Rage of the Diftemper, or in the Torment of their Swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own Government, raving and diftraded, and oftentimes laying violent Hands upon themfelvcs, throwing themfelvcs out at iheir Windows,... | |
| Daniel Defoe - Epidemics - 1754 - 386 pages
...dreadful Cafes happened in particular Families every Day; People in the Rage of the Diftempef, or in the Torment of their Swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own Government, raving and diffracted, and oftentimes laying violent Hands upon themfelves, throwing themfclves out at their Window?,... | |
| Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...dreadful cases happened in particular families every day ; people in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable,...children in their lunacy, some dying of mere grief, as a passion, some of mere fright and surprize, without any infection at all ; others frighted into... | |
| Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - London (England) - 1824 - 380 pages
...was indeed intolerable, running out of their own government, raving and distracted, and often times laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves...and surprise, without any infection at all ; others frighted into despair and lunacy ; others into melancholy madness." Many were the cases in which the... | |
| Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - London (England) - 1824 - 380 pages
...which was half entombed, delirium hurried many even to a premature death. " People," says Defoe, " in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable,...of their own government, raving and distracted, and often times laying violent hands upon themselves. throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting... | |
| Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...dreadful cases happened in particular families every day ; people in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable,...of their own government, raving and distracted, and often times laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting... | |
| Daniel Defoe - Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 - 1832 - 334 pages
...dreadful cases happened in particular families every day ; people in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable,...children in their lunacy, some dying of mere grief, as a passion, some of mere fright and surprize, without any infection at all ; others frighted into... | |
| Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...particular families every day ; people, in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their rackings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their...violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out of their windows, shootin" themselves, &c. Mothers murdering their own children, in their lunacy ;... | |
| Arthur Thomas Malkin - History - 1835 - 442 pages
...dreadful cases happened in particular families every day : people in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable,...children in their lunacy ; some dying of mere grief, as a passion ; some of mere fright and surprise, without any infection at all ; others frighted into... | |
| Arthur Thomas Malkin - World history - 1835 - 750 pages
...rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, runninir out of their own government, raving and distracted,...children in their lunacy ; some dying of mere grief, as a passion ; some of mere fright and surprise, without any infection at all ; others frighted into... | |
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