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... lived a thin and haggard population of " Fen- slodgers , " called " yellow - bellies " in the inland counties , who derived a precarious subsistence from fowling and fishing . They were described by writers of the time as a rude and ...
... lived a thin and haggard population of " Fen- slodgers , " called " yellow - bellies " in the inland counties , who derived a precarious subsistence from fowling and fishing . They were described by writers of the time as a rude and ...
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... lived for the most part in single houses , dispersed through the newly - recovered coun- try . A house built by Vermuyden remains . It was chiefly of timber , and what is called stud - bound . It was built round a quadrangular court ...
... lived for the most part in single houses , dispersed through the newly - recovered coun- try . A house built by Vermuyden remains . It was chiefly of timber , and what is called stud - bound . It was built round a quadrangular court ...
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... lived at a distance from the river . Besides , the attempt was made by those who occupied the lanes leading towards the Thames to stop the thoroughfare , and allow none to pass without paying a toll . A large number of persons then ...
... lived at a distance from the river . Besides , the attempt was made by those who occupied the lanes leading towards the Thames to stop the thoroughfare , and allow none to pass without paying a toll . A large number of persons then ...
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... lived in the overhanging tenement above it , as was then the custom of city merchants . Few , if any , lived away from their places of business . The roads into the country , close at hand , were impassable in bad weather , and danger ...
... lived in the overhanging tenement above it , as was then the custom of city merchants . Few , if any , lived away from their places of business . The roads into the country , close at hand , were impassable in bad weather , and danger ...
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... lived in London * after his return from the Spanish main in 1591 , formed an occasional member of the group ; for Pennant states that he and his friend Captain Thomas Price , of Plâsgollen , and another , Captain Koet , were the first ...
... lived in London * after his return from the Spanish main in 1591 , formed an occasional member of the group ; for Pennant states that he and his friend Captain Thomas Price , of Plâsgollen , and another , Captain Koet , were the first ...
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