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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... their young soldiers , and likewise the youth of the neighbouring Britains , in the skill and exer- cise of arms , that they might be more expert in the use of them them upon all emergent occasions . And if any sudden 20 LONDON .
... their young soldiers , and likewise the youth of the neighbouring Britains , in the skill and exer- cise of arms , that they might be more expert in the use of them them upon all emergent occasions . And if any sudden 20 LONDON .
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... likewise observed to have been a Roman camp by a judicious author in the latter end of queen Elizabeth's reign . " I shall next observe another old building of the Romans , which was a watch - tower , then and now called Barbican . It ...
... likewise observed to have been a Roman camp by a judicious author in the latter end of queen Elizabeth's reign . " I shall next observe another old building of the Romans , which was a watch - tower , then and now called Barbican . It ...
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... likewise , just against St. Paul's Alley , in the front of a brick house is set in a nitch in the upper story of the house , ( to be seen by all passengers , ) the figure of of Fortitude in marble , but headless . And this 22 LONDON ...
... likewise , just against St. Paul's Alley , in the front of a brick house is set in a nitch in the upper story of the house , ( to be seen by all passengers , ) the figure of of Fortitude in marble , but headless . And this 22 LONDON ...
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... likewise . " And here I must not forget to mention the honest industry of my old friend Mr. John Conyers , an Apothecary formerly living in Fleet Street , who made it his chief business to make curious observations , and to collect such ...
... likewise . " And here I must not forget to mention the honest industry of my old friend Mr. John Conyers , an Apothecary formerly living in Fleet Street , who made it his chief business to make curious observations , and to collect such ...
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... likewise improved the invention for mercantile shipping , and contrived merchantmen that would both sail better , and carry larger burthens than in former times , to the great increase of foreign trade , and the benefit of the city of ...
... likewise improved the invention for mercantile shipping , and contrived merchantmen that would both sail better , and carry larger burthens than in former times , to the great increase of foreign trade , and the benefit of the city of ...
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