London and Middlesex, Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above County, Volume 2 |
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... Henry the First proved eminently beneficial to London , as that Monarch , to strengthen his defective title , sought ... Henry's Queen , C 3 built , It is a singular circumstance , and much to be regretted , that not any account of ...
... Henry the First proved eminently beneficial to London , as that Monarch , to strengthen his defective title , sought ... Henry's Queen , C 3 built , It is a singular circumstance , and much to be regretted , that not any account of ...
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... Henry the Second , has al- ready been described , from the interesting tract , written by Fitz- Stephens , about 1174 ; * and it may be added , from the same author , that , in his estimation , the honour of the City ' consisted in its ...
... Henry the Second , has al- ready been described , from the interesting tract , written by Fitz- Stephens , about 1174 ; * and it may be added , from the same author , that , in his estimation , the honour of the City ' consisted in its ...
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... Henry the Fifth were considerable . About 1415 , the Postern called Moregate , leading to the waste , since named Moorfields , was built by Thomas Falconer , Lord Mayor , " for ease of the Citizens , " says Stow , " that way to passe ...
... Henry the Fifth were considerable . About 1415 , the Postern called Moregate , leading to the waste , since named Moorfields , was built by Thomas Falconer , Lord Mayor , " for ease of the Citizens , " says Stow , " that way to passe ...
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... Henry the Seventh , " all the gardens , which had continued time out of mind without Moorgate ; to wit , about and beyond the Lordship of Fensberry ( Finsbury ) , were destroyed ; and of them was made a plain field for archers to shoote ...
... Henry the Seventh , " all the gardens , which had continued time out of mind without Moorgate ; to wit , about and beyond the Lordship of Fensberry ( Finsbury ) , were destroyed ; and of them was made a plain field for archers to shoote ...
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... Henry the Seventh , in the second Mayoralty of Sir Henry Colet , the father of the beneficent founder of St. Paul's School . In that year , says Stow , ( Surv . of Lond . p . 574. Edit . 1633 ) , 166 was much trouble about the ...
... Henry the Seventh , in the second Mayoralty of Sir Henry Colet , the father of the beneficent founder of St. Paul's School . In that year , says Stow , ( Surv . of Lond . p . 574. Edit . 1633 ) , 166 was much trouble about the ...
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Page 292 - Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin for ; but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view ; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles.
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