The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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... Pennant being a Celt , was for the ' city on a lake ' , the Thames in the early periods of British history having formed a con- siderable expanse of water near the site of the present metropolis . Llyn - Din is Lake - City , and Lun ...
... Pennant being a Celt , was for the ' city on a lake ' , the Thames in the early periods of British history having formed a con- siderable expanse of water near the site of the present metropolis . Llyn - Din is Lake - City , and Lun ...
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... Pennant , speaking of the word ' place ' , as applied to great mansions , and interpreted by him to mean palace , ' that the word is only applicable to the habitation of princes , or princely persons , and that it is with all the impro ...
... Pennant , speaking of the word ' place ' , as applied to great mansions , and interpreted by him to mean palace , ' that the word is only applicable to the habitation of princes , or princely persons , and that it is with all the impro ...
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... Pennant perhaps would not have been in the wrong , had he found an ill name for steeples in general , as well as for the species which he ' peppered ' . Steeples , however noble , and porticoes , however Greek , can never truly coalesce ...
... Pennant perhaps would not have been in the wrong , had he found an ill name for steeples in general , as well as for the species which he ' peppered ' . Steeples , however noble , and porticoes , however Greek , can never truly coalesce ...
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