History of the Plague in London. Defoe Daniel

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СКАЧАТЬ of tradesmen, such as the goldsmiths, the fishmongers, the merchant tailors.

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Were.

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Chemise.

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This word is misplaced; it should go before "perish."

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Before "having," supply "the master."

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Fences.

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From.

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This old form for "caught" is used frequently by Defoe.

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Came to grief.

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"Who, being," etc., i.e., who, although single men, had yet staid.

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The wars of the Commonwealth or of the Puritan Revolution, 1640-52.

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Holland and Belgium.

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"Hurt of," a common form of expression used in Defoe's time.

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Manager, economist. This meaning of "husband" is obsolete.

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A participial form of expression very common in Old English, the "a" being a corruption of "in" or "on."

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Were.

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"'Name of God," i.e., in the name of God.

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Torches.

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"To and again," i.e., to and fro.

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Were.

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As if.

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Magpie.

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This word is from the same root as "lamp." The old form "lanthorn" crept in from the custom of making the sides of a lantern of horn.

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Supply "be."