Illustrated London [engr. by A.H. Payne, with text by W.I. Bicknell. 2 pt., both imperf.].1846 |
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... means be small . Cheap bread is desired by the upper grades of society ; how much more so by the humbler classes ! This subject has always been a source of considerable anxiety to our legislators , who , while they on the one hand have ...
... means be small . Cheap bread is desired by the upper grades of society ; how much more so by the humbler classes ! This subject has always been a source of considerable anxiety to our legislators , who , while they on the one hand have ...
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... means of important improvements , especially in large towns and cities . The present state of London owes much to the great fire of 1666 , which reduced so many houses to ashes ; and would have been still more benefited by it , had that ...
... means of important improvements , especially in large towns and cities . The present state of London owes much to the great fire of 1666 , which reduced so many houses to ashes ; and would have been still more benefited by it , had that ...
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... means difficult to trace with certainty the invention of something like regular and estab- lished posts , many centuries before the Christian era . Xenophon assures us that they were invented by Cyrus on his Scythian expedition ; that ...
... means difficult to trace with certainty the invention of something like regular and estab- lished posts , many centuries before the Christian era . Xenophon assures us that they were invented by Cyrus on his Scythian expedition ; that ...
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... means to be depended upon . For abuses in the execution of his office , Witherings , in 1640 , was superseded , and Philip Burlamachy appointed in his stead , but under the care and oversight of the king's prin- cipal Secretary of State ...
... means to be depended upon . For abuses in the execution of his office , Witherings , in 1640 , was superseded , and Philip Burlamachy appointed in his stead , but under the care and oversight of the king's prin- cipal Secretary of State ...
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... means also were employed for rendering the roads more secure . The numerous executions , which took place in every part of the country , but especially in London , bear ample testimony to this fact . From the improved state of the ...
... means also were employed for rendering the roads more secure . The numerous executions , which took place in every part of the country , but especially in London , bear ample testimony to this fact . From the improved state of the ...
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