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A Journal of the Plague Year QUOTES

61 " which I look upon with contempt as the effect of manifest ignorance and enthusiasm; "

― Daniel Defoe , A Journal of the Plague Year

62 " Wherefore were we ordered to kill all the dogs and cats, but because as they were domestic animals, and are apt to run from house to house and from street to street, so they are capable of carrying the effluvia or infectious streams of bodies infected even in their furs and hair? And therefore it was that, in the beginning of the infection, an order was published by the Lord Mayor, and by the magistrates, according to the advice of the physicians, that all the dogs and cats should be immediately killed, and an officer was appointed "

― Daniel Defoe , A Journal of the Plague Year

63 " and I must be allowed to say of both, I hope without breach of Charity, that they heard Voices that never spake, and saw Sights that never appear’d; "

― Daniel Defoe , A Journal of the Plague Year

64 " But it seems that the government had a true account of it, and several counsels 5 were held about ways to prevent its coming over; but all was kept very private. "

― Daniel Defoe , A Journal of the Plague Year

65 " whereas at that time they were increased as follows:— Dec. 20 to Dec. 27, St. Bride's 0 St. James's 8 Dec. 27 to Jan. 3, St. Bride's 6 St. James's 9 Jan. 3 to Jan. 10, St. Bride's 11 St. James's 7 Jan. 10 to Jan. 17, St. Bride's 12 St. James's 9 Jan. 17 to Jan. 24, St. Bride's 9 St. James's 15 Jan. 24 to Jan. 31, St. Bride's 8 St. James's 12 Jan. 31 to Feb. 7, St. Bride's 13 St. James's 5 Feb. 7 to Feb. 14, St. Bride's 12 St. James's 6 "

― Daniel Defoe , A Journal of the Plague Year