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Page 34
Another is bareheaded and bald , the legs armed , the hands mailed , and the
mantle long ; round the neck a coul , as though , according to the custom of the
times in which he lived , he had desired to be buried in a monastic habit , lest the
evil ...
Another is bareheaded and bald , the legs armed , the hands mailed , and the
mantle long ; round the neck a coul , as though , according to the custom of the
times in which he lived , he had desired to be buried in a monastic habit , lest the
evil ...
Page 67
In the younger part of his life , riding on horseback was one of his favourite
exercises ; and , of late years , when he lived in Salter ' s Buildings , on Epping '
Forest , and wished to give his friends an airing , he would often take them the
most ...
In the younger part of his life , riding on horseback was one of his favourite
exercises ; and , of late years , when he lived in Salter ' s Buildings , on Epping '
Forest , and wished to give his friends an airing , he would often take them the
most ...
Page 157
Butcher Row was once , indeed , till a period much within living memory , a place
of considerable traffic . The . stack of houses , which lately occupied the spot
which now forms a wide opening on the west side of Temple Bar , was , with
respect ...
Butcher Row was once , indeed , till a period much within living memory , a place
of considerable traffic . The . stack of houses , which lately occupied the spot
which now forms a wide opening on the west side of Temple Bar , was , with
respect ...
Page 171
... two houses which are noticeable for the following circumstances : Sir Thomas
Lyttelton , member in various parliaments for Woodstock , Castle Rising , and
Chichester , was in 1698 elected speaker of the House of Coininons , and lived
next ...
... two houses which are noticeable for the following circumstances : Sir Thomas
Lyttelton , member in various parliaments for Woodstock , Castle Rising , and
Chichester , was in 1698 elected speaker of the House of Coininons , and lived
next ...
Page 174
Her husband and sbe “ lived at the Three Spanish Gipsies in the New Exchange ,
and sold wash - balls , powder , gloves , and such things , and she taught girls
plain - work . About 1647 , she , being a semp . stress to colonel Monk , used to ...
Her husband and sbe “ lived at the Three Spanish Gipsies in the New Exchange ,
and sold wash - balls , powder , gloves , and such things , and she taught girls
plain - work . About 1647 , she , being a semp . stress to colonel Monk , used to ...
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| Title | London, by David Hughson, Volume 4 London, by David Hughson, Edward Pugh |
| Author | Edward Pugh |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2007 |
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