The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London, collected by a gentleman [J. Bew?].1794 |
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... gardening which were laid down by his predeceffor . The beauty of this park is heightened by its being contiguous to another of lefs extent , called " The Green Park . " In this too is a fine piece of water on the most elevated part ...
... gardening which were laid down by his predeceffor . The beauty of this park is heightened by its being contiguous to another of lefs extent , called " The Green Park . " In this too is a fine piece of water on the most elevated part ...
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... gardens extending to St. James's Park , is a stately build- ing , on which vaft fums have for fome years been ex- pended . The portico to the grand front toward Pall- Mall is truly elegant . • The Banqueting Houfe at Whitehall , was ...
... gardens extending to St. James's Park , is a stately build- ing , on which vaft fums have for fome years been ex- pended . The portico to the grand front toward Pall- Mall is truly elegant . • The Banqueting Houfe at Whitehall , was ...
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... gardens , which , at cer- tain times of the day , are open to the public . The others are Clifford's Inn , Clement's Inn , Serjeant's Inn , New Inn , Lyon's Inn , Barnard's Inn , Furnival's Inn , and Sta- ples Inn . The College of ...
... gardens , which , at cer- tain times of the day , are open to the public . The others are Clifford's Inn , Clement's Inn , Serjeant's Inn , New Inn , Lyon's Inn , Barnard's Inn , Furnival's Inn , and Sta- ples Inn . The College of ...
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... Garden , the other Winter Theatre , was rebuilt in 1792 ; and for the dramatic entertain- ments in Summer , is a smaller Theatre Royal in the Haymarket . Sadler's Wells , near Iflington , for panto- * This Theatre having been let to the ...
... Garden , the other Winter Theatre , was rebuilt in 1792 ; and for the dramatic entertain- ments in Summer , is a smaller Theatre Royal in the Haymarket . Sadler's Wells , near Iflington , for panto- * This Theatre having been let to the ...
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... gardens of Lt. Gen. Morris . Eaft Acton is noted for its medicinal wells . ADDINGTON , a village near Croydon , on the de- fcent of a high common . The lord of the manor holds it by the fervice of making his majefty a mefs of pottage in ...
... gardens of Lt. Gen. Morris . Eaft Acton is noted for its medicinal wells . ADDINGTON , a village near Croydon , on the de- fcent of a high common . The lord of the manor holds it by the fervice of making his majefty a mefs of pottage in ...
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