The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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... speak of St. Paul's Churchyard , a place in which you may get the last new novel , and find remains of the ancient Britons and of the sea . There , also , in the cathedral , lie painters , patriots , humanists , the greatest warriors ...
... speak of St. Paul's Churchyard , a place in which you may get the last new novel , and find remains of the ancient Britons and of the sea . There , also , in the cathedral , lie painters , patriots , humanists , the greatest warriors ...
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... 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 the word Trinobantes in Cæsar , a name given by the historian to the ...
... 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 the word Trinobantes in Cæsar , a name given by the historian to the ...
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... speak the truth . ' " Duke of Lancaster ( speaking softly to Lord Percy ) . - ' Rather than take this at the bishop's hands , I will drag him by the hair of the head out of the court ! ' " 1 Old St. Paul's was much larger than now , and ...
... speak the truth . ' " Duke of Lancaster ( speaking softly to Lord Percy ) . - ' Rather than take this at the bishop's hands , I will drag him by the hair of the head out of the court ! ' " 1 Old St. Paul's was much larger than now , and ...
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... speak of experience ; for I myself , when I have been there on some mornings to hear the sermons , have felt such an ill - savoured unwholesome savour , that I was the worse for it a great while after ; and I think no less 51.
... speak of experience ; for I myself , when I have been there on some mornings to hear the sermons , have felt such an ill - savoured unwholesome savour , that I was the worse for it a great while after ; and I think no less 51.
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... speak like oracles of old : For thee , for thee alone , what could she more ? She lost the honour she had gain'd before ; Lost all the trophies which her arms had won , ( Such Cæsar never knew , nor Philip's son ; ) Resign'd the glories ...
... speak like oracles of old : For thee , for thee alone , what could she more ? She lost the honour she had gain'd before ; Lost all the trophies which her arms had won , ( Such Cæsar never knew , nor Philip's son ; ) Resign'd the glories ...
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