The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events; St. Paul's to St. James'sHutchinson & Company, 1906 - 626 pages |
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... England , so as to include the Court of St. James's . The public approbation of these volumes will be the strongest inducement that the Author could desire to complete his account of London , by extending his re- searches east , west ...
... England , so as to include the Court of St. James's . The public approbation of these volumes will be the strongest inducement that the Author could desire to complete his account of London , by extending his re- searches east , west ...
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... ENGLAND . " CURIOUS ASSERTION RESPECTING TREES IN THE CITY PAGE 1 CHAPTER I. ST . PAUL'S , AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD : -THE ROMAN TEMPLE OF DIANA . THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH . OLD ST . PAUL'S . INIGO JONES'S PORTICO . STRANGE USAGES OF ...
... ENGLAND . " CURIOUS ASSERTION RESPECTING TREES IN THE CITY PAGE 1 CHAPTER I. ST . PAUL'S , AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD : -THE ROMAN TEMPLE OF DIANA . THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH . OLD ST . PAUL'S . INIGO JONES'S PORTICO . STRANGE USAGES OF ...
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... England's epic poet , who hoped that his native country would never forget her privilege of " teaching the nations how to live . " Surely a man is more of a man , and does more justice to the faculties of which he is composed , whether ...
... England's epic poet , who hoped that his native country would never forget her privilege of " teaching the nations how to live . " Surely a man is more of a man , and does more justice to the faculties of which he is composed , whether ...
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... England cleared of the giants . He had to conquer them . But we shall speak of those personages when we come before their illustrious representatives in Guildhall . This fiction of Troynovant , or New Troy , appears to have arisen from ...
... England cleared of the giants . He had to conquer them . But we shall speak of those personages when we come before their illustrious representatives in Guildhall . This fiction of Troynovant , or New Troy , appears to have arisen from ...
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... avunculus . For Inhimthorpe , and other impossibilities , see Cosmo the Third's Travels through England in the Reign of Charles II . " 2 Pennant's London , third edition , 4to , p . 3 . 1 Picture of London , p . 12 . 1 11.
... avunculus . For Inhimthorpe , and other impossibilities , see Cosmo the Third's Travels through England in the Reign of Charles II . " 2 Pennant's London , third edition , 4to , p . 3 . 1 Picture of London , p . 12 . 1 11.
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