The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events; St. Paul's to St. James'sHutchinson & Company, 1906 - 626 pages |
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... appear to have been mild and graminivorous ) , that the site of our metropolis was occupied with the gigantic herd of some more gigantic spirit , all good of their kind , but not cap- able of enough ultimate good to be permitted to last ...
... appear to have been mild and graminivorous ) , that the site of our metropolis was occupied with the gigantic herd of some more gigantic spirit , all good of their kind , but not cap- able of enough ultimate good to be permitted to last ...
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... appears to have arisen from the word Trinobantes in Cæsar , a name given by the historian to the inhabitants of a district which included the London banks of the Thames . The oldest mention of the metropolis is supposed to be found in ...
... appears to have arisen from the word Trinobantes in Cæsar , a name given by the historian to the inhabitants of a district which included the London banks of the Thames . The oldest mention of the metropolis is supposed to be found in ...
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... appear presently . Pennant thinks that London might have been called Lake - City first , and Ship - City after- wards . The opinion of the editor of the Picture of London seems most plausible - that Lun - Den , or Grove- City , was the ...
... appear presently . Pennant thinks that London might have been called Lake - City first , and Ship - City after- wards . The opinion of the editor of the Picture of London seems most plausible - that Lun - Den , or Grove- City , was the ...
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... appear to be inconsistent , perhaps because we do not enough consider the inconsistencies of our own manners . According to their statements , the Britons had found out the art of making chariots of war , and yet had not learnt how to ...
... appear to be inconsistent , perhaps because we do not enough consider the inconsistencies of our own manners . According to their statements , the Britons had found out the art of making chariots of war , and yet had not learnt how to ...
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... Brayley's London and Middlesex , vol . i . The spirit of them , however , will appear in our work , together with particulars hitherto unnoticed . Id . , p . 13 . 1 Since this paragraph was written , the wonderful events 16.
... Brayley's London and Middlesex , vol . i . The spirit of them , however , will appear in our work , together with particulars hitherto unnoticed . Id . , p . 13 . 1 Since this paragraph was written , the wonderful events 16.
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