London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 1W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... horse , and then the foot , which might not then take them up to the shoulders . And this they might attempt ( as we may con- jecture ) when the tide was first coming in , they then mak- ing an angle , and directing their course against ...
... horse , and then the foot , which might not then take them up to the shoulders . And this they might attempt ( as we may con- jecture ) when the tide was first coming in , they then mak- ing an angle , and directing their course against ...
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... horse and foot . This pavement was dug up some time after the dreadful fire of London , and part of it is now to be seen in the museum of the Royal Society , where several other valuable remains of Roman antiquities are carefully ...
... horse and foot . This pavement was dug up some time after the dreadful fire of London , and part of it is now to be seen in the museum of the Royal Society , where several other valuable remains of Roman antiquities are carefully ...
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... Horse Alley , was a bastion , and another opposite Weeden's Rents , a distance of eighty - two perches . From Aldgate , the wall formed a curve between Shoemaker Row , Bevis Marks , Camomile Street , and Houndsditch , fenced with three ...
... Horse Alley , was a bastion , and another opposite Weeden's Rents , a distance of eighty - two perches . From Aldgate , the wall formed a curve between Shoemaker Row , Bevis Marks , Camomile Street , and Houndsditch , fenced with three ...
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... horse - shoe . We shall conclude this period of our history , by a comparison of the beauties of ancient Rome and mo- dern London . During the government of the emperors , Rome was in . comparable in the magnificence and number of its ...
... horse - shoe . We shall conclude this period of our history , by a comparison of the beauties of ancient Rome and mo- dern London . During the government of the emperors , Rome was in . comparable in the magnificence and number of its ...
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... horses for the same space of time could be purchased for four pence , which was also the price of a sheep . During this reign the spirit of religion began to manifest itself in religious foundations , in and about London , A. D. 1081 ...
... horses for the same space of time could be purchased for four pence , which was also the price of a sheep . During this reign the spirit of religion began to manifest itself in religious foundations , in and about London , A. D. 1081 ...
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