London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Том 2W. Stratford, 1805 |
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... appear curious to the inquisitive , when they com- pare the rental of the houses and lands in England , in the four last centuries , and find that their whole amount did not exceed five millions of money : it will greatly add to their ...
... appear curious to the inquisitive , when they com- pare the rental of the houses and lands in England , in the four last centuries , and find that their whole amount did not exceed five millions of money : it will greatly add to their ...
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... appear , that the estimated value of the commercial property which floats in the river Thames , in the course of a year , exceeds seventy millions sterling ! When to this we add the coals , and goods of all kinds , con- stantly exposed ...
... appear , that the estimated value of the commercial property which floats in the river Thames , in the course of a year , exceeds seventy millions sterling ! When to this we add the coals , and goods of all kinds , con- stantly exposed ...
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... appears from a rental yet preserved , and copied from his own hand writing . But his private virtues , good deeds , and munificent spirit , were quite unlimited , and extended , like the prospect before us , East , West , North , and ...
... appears from a rental yet preserved , and copied from his own hand writing . But his private virtues , good deeds , and munificent spirit , were quite unlimited , and extended , like the prospect before us , East , West , North , and ...
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... appears to have been a title of the greatest honour , and the title of alderman was the same as that of earl ; the city of London , therefore , must have been in very great repute , when the noble appellation of aldermen was conferred ...
... appears to have been a title of the greatest honour , and the title of alderman was the same as that of earl ; the city of London , therefore , must have been in very great repute , when the noble appellation of aldermen was conferred ...
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... appears in the fourth book of Liber Albus . Afterward , the recorder's fee was settled at one hundred marks , ( it is now 1,500l .; but he is not allowed to practise , except in the concerns of the city ; ) and he was to have of the ...
... appears in the fourth book of Liber Albus . Afterward , the recorder's fee was settled at one hundred marks , ( it is now 1,500l .; but he is not allowed to practise , except in the concerns of the city ; ) and he was to have of the ...
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Сторінка 321 - City was seen most flourishing, and reduced to nothing. Three days after, when this fatal fire had baffled all human counsels and endeavours in the opinion of all, it stopped as it were by a command from Heaven, and was on every side extinguished.
Сторінка 117 - Office ; and, as soon as possible afterwards, deliver in as particular an Account of their Loss or Damage, as the Nature of the Case will admit...
Сторінка 124 - But for lack of mony I cold not spede. And as I thrust the prese amonge, By froward chaunce my hood was gone, Yet for all that I stayd not longe, Tyll to the kyngs bench I was come.
Сторінка 316 - London-bridge, narrow, darksome, and dangerous to passengers from the multitude of carriages : frequent arches of strong timber crossed the street, from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river.
Сторінка 389 - In my youth, I remember, devout people, as well men as women of this city, were accustomed oftentimes, especially on Fridays, weekly to walk that way purposely there to bestow their charitable alms ; every poor man or woman lying in their bed within their window, which was towards the street, open so low that every man might see them...
Сторінка 120 - On this spot a well was first made and a house of correction built thereon, by Henry Wallis, mayor of London in the year 1282.
Сторінка 321 - In the year of Christ 1666, the second day of September, eastward from hence, at the distance of 202 feet (the height of this column,) about midnight, a most terrible fire broke out, which, driven on by a high wind, not only wasted the adjacent parts, but also places very remote, with incredible noise and fury.
Сторінка 322 - ... the sewers cleansed, the streets made straight and regular, such as were steep levelled, and those too narrow made wider; markets and shambles removed to separate places. They also enacted, that every house should be built with party-walls, and all in front raised of equal height, and those walls all of square stone or brick, and that no man should delay beyond the space of seven years.
Сторінка 254 - I have neither shirt, nor suit, nor yet other clothes that are necessary for me to wear, but that be ragged, and rent too shamefully. Notwithstanding I might easily suffer that, if they would keep my body warm. But my diet also, God knoweth how slender it is at many times. And now in mine age my stomach may not away but with a few kinds of meats, which if I want I decay forthwith, and fall into coughs and diseases of my body, and cannot keep myself in health.
Сторінка 132 - IN the Name of God. Amen. In the Year of our Lord God...