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... leads out of Shrewsbury by its eastern suburb , skirting every now and then the silvery Severn , meandering through a park - like country , when my companion turned the horse's head down a bye - road on the right , which speedily led us ...
... leads out of Shrewsbury by its eastern suburb , skirting every now and then the silvery Severn , meandering through a park - like country , when my companion turned the horse's head down a bye - road on the right , which speedily led us ...
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... to say , however , that the only bit of the wall - inscription yet found in these ruins , was by these later barbarians entirely destroyed . concrete lead between these rooms , and in some places 6 THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN .
... to say , however , that the only bit of the wall - inscription yet found in these ruins , was by these later barbarians entirely destroyed . concrete lead between these rooms , and in some places 6 THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN .
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... lead to an arched opening of splendid workmanship , which directly communicates with the hot - air chamber . I could almost fancy I saw the Roman stoker shovelling in the wood and coal ( for coal has been discovered here ) some biting ...
... lead to an arched opening of splendid workmanship , which directly communicates with the hot - air chamber . I could almost fancy I saw the Roman stoker shovelling in the wood and coal ( for coal has been discovered here ) some biting ...
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... A little eastward four or five skeletons , chiefly of females , were found , lead- ing to the inference that the men , through craven fear , basely deserted the weaker sex in the terrible THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN . 9.
... A little eastward four or five skeletons , chiefly of females , were found , lead- ing to the inference that the men , through craven fear , basely deserted the weaker sex in the terrible THE BURIED ROMAN CITY IN BRITAIN . 9.
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... lead , evidently a child's toy , that had once gladdened little Roman eyes not far from where I stood . Again rummaging , I come upon roundels formed from the bottoms of earthenware vessels , evidently used by the gamins of Uriconium in ...
... lead , evidently a child's toy , that had once gladdened little Roman eyes not far from where I stood . Again rummaging , I come upon roundels formed from the bottoms of earthenware vessels , evidently used by the gamins of Uriconium in ...
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