The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 83
... LUDGATE ' . The prison of Ludgate stood on the south side of the street , and extended back till it almost joined a portion of the old London Wall , which ran nearly parallel to Ludgate Hill . About the year 1764 this wall is described ...
... LUDGATE ' . The prison of Ludgate stood on the south side of the street , and extended back till it almost joined a portion of the old London Wall , which ran nearly parallel to Ludgate Hill . About the year 1764 this wall is described ...
Page 85
... hill's having two names , which is still the case , the upper part , between the Bell - Savage and St. Paul's Churchyard , being called Ludgate Street , and only the rest Ludgate Hill . This latter portion went anciently by the name of ...
... hill's having two names , which is still the case , the upper part , between the Bell - Savage and St. Paul's Churchyard , being called Ludgate Street , and only the rest Ludgate Hill . This latter portion went anciently by the name of ...
Page 97
... Ludgate Hill , and where it was a joke ( too often founded in truth ) to suppose authors incarcerated . Few sons of Phoebus in the courts we meet ; But fifty sons of Phoebus in the Fleet , says a prologue of Sheridan's . The Fleet ...
... Ludgate Hill , and where it was a joke ( too often founded in truth ) to suppose authors incarcerated . Few sons of Phoebus in the courts we meet ; But fifty sons of Phoebus in the Fleet , says a prologue of Sheridan's . The Fleet ...
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