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 2W. Wilson, 1814 - London (England) |
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... means of the three Bridges of London , Black- friars , and Westminster ; and a fourth Bridge has been recently commenced at Millbank , above Westminster , in order to facilitate an intercourse with the opposite shore at Vauxhall . * The ...
... means of the three Bridges of London , Black- friars , and Westminster ; and a fourth Bridge has been recently commenced at Millbank , above Westminster , in order to facilitate an intercourse with the opposite shore at Vauxhall . * The ...
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... means , and from the ample supply of water which the inhabitants derive from different sources , the general cleanliness is very consi- derable , and greatly contributes to the present salubrity of the Metropolis . The charges of ...
... means , and from the ample supply of water which the inhabitants derive from different sources , the general cleanliness is very consi- derable , and greatly contributes to the present salubrity of the Metropolis . The charges of ...
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... means consonant with the taste and elegance exhibited in the interiors . In some instances , as will be more particularly adverted to hereafter , the designs are magnificent , and the buildings them- selves sufficiently capacious and ...
... means consonant with the taste and elegance exhibited in the interiors . In some instances , as will be more particularly adverted to hereafter , the designs are magnificent , and the buildings them- selves sufficiently capacious and ...
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... means of iron or wooden pipes , laid beneath all the streets , from one to three feet below the surface , and having small bores connected with leaden pipes , that lead to the kitchens and cisterns . In these pipes also , at convenient ...
... means of iron or wooden pipes , laid beneath all the streets , from one to three feet below the surface , and having small bores connected with leaden pipes , that lead to the kitchens and cisterns . In these pipes also , at convenient ...
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... means of support . * The taste for magnificent and shewy spectacle , imbibed by the Crusaders in the opulent Regions of the East , when many of our Nobles , ' Bearing their Birthright proudly on their backs , ' took up the Cross , to ...
... means of support . * The taste for magnificent and shewy spectacle , imbibed by the Crusaders in the opulent Regions of the East , when many of our Nobles , ' Bearing their Birthright proudly on their backs , ' took up the Cross , to ...
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