The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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... , of whom her husband says : - " Her graces and her qualities were such That she might have married a bishop or a judge ; 1 Maitland's History of London , vol . ii . , p . 1170 . FLETCHER , BISHOP OF LONDON But so extreme was her 47.
... , of whom her husband says : - " Her graces and her qualities were such That she might have married a bishop or a judge ; 1 Maitland's History of London , vol . ii . , p . 1170 . FLETCHER , BISHOP OF LONDON But so extreme was her 47.
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... married me , a poor doctor of divinity ; By which heroic deed , she stands confest , Of all other women , the phenix of her sex . " Sir Christopher is said to have died of a broken heart , because his once loving mistress exacted a debt ...
... married me , a poor doctor of divinity ; By which heroic deed , she stands confest , Of all other women , the phenix of her sex . " Sir Christopher is said to have died of a broken heart , because his once loving mistress exacted a debt ...
Page 78
... married men : in short , it is the grand lottery of life , in which , for- tunately , there are far more prizes than blanks . " 1 The community ought to be thankful to Mr Malcolm for this last piece of information , as there is a ...
... married men : in short , it is the grand lottery of life , in which , for- tunately , there are far more prizes than blanks . " 1 The community ought to be thankful to Mr Malcolm for this last piece of information , as there is a ...
Page 102
... married ! " Yet such was the case a century ago . At the bottom of Ludgate Hill the little river Fleet formerly ran , and was rendered navigable . In Fleet Market is Sea - coal Lane , so called from the barges that landed coal there ...
... married ! " Yet such was the case a century ago . At the bottom of Ludgate Hill the little river Fleet formerly ran , and was rendered navigable . In Fleet Market is Sea - coal Lane , so called from the barges that landed coal there ...
Page 103
... married . ' Along this most lawless space was fre- quently hung up the sign of a male and female hand conjoined , with Marriages performed within , written beneath . A dirty fellow invited you in . The parson was seen walking before his ...
... married . ' Along this most lawless space was fre- quently hung up the sign of a male and female hand conjoined , with Marriages performed within , written beneath . A dirty fellow invited you in . The parson was seen walking before his ...
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