London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 1W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... brought over with many others by the Romans in the reign of Claudius the emperor , and conjecture ( for a liberty of guessing may be indulged to me , as well as to others that maintain different hypothesis ) that it was killed in some ...
... brought over with many others by the Romans in the reign of Claudius the emperor , and conjecture ( for a liberty of guessing may be indulged to me , as well as to others that maintain different hypothesis ) that it was killed in some ...
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... brought to London bridge - street By By the issue of the field and bars of Smithfield By toll raised at the city gates , and duties on the river of Thames , westward of the bridge By stallages duties arising from the markets of ...
... brought to London bridge - street By By the issue of the field and bars of Smithfield By toll raised at the city gates , and duties on the river of Thames , westward of the bridge By stallages duties arising from the markets of ...
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... brought , together with the flesh , to the said city to be sold : and if any butcher shall presume any thing rashly against this ordinance , let him incur forfeiture of the flesh of the creatures which he hath caused to be slain on this ...
... brought , together with the flesh , to the said city to be sold : and if any butcher shall presume any thing rashly against this ordinance , let him incur forfeiture of the flesh of the creatures which he hath caused to be slain on this ...
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... brought over from the Netherlands by Edward III . was first established ; but they were so much molested by the Weavers company of London , that in the end they never arrived to any consider- able degree of success . Other companies ...
... brought over from the Netherlands by Edward III . was first established ; but they were so much molested by the Weavers company of London , that in the end they never arrived to any consider- able degree of success . Other companies ...
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... brought to trial for aiding him in his supposed treasons , and condemned to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . Accordingly they were conducted through the city on sledges to the place of exe- cution , hanged by the necks for a ...
... brought to trial for aiding him in his supposed treasons , and condemned to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . Accordingly they were conducted through the city on sledges to the place of exe- cution , hanged by the necks for a ...
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