The London Fire. 1666.<\/p>\n
“Oh the miserable and calamitous spectacle! The sky was like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen 40 miles round about for many nights. God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw 10,000 houses all in one flame; the noise and cracking and thunder of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm. London was, but is no more!”<\/p>\n
— written by a man named John Evelyn in his diary<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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