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Old and New London
… in order to sip the enlivening beverage in very small china cups, for which they paid their shillings, much as …
Old and New London
… to Mr. Coutts by Lord Macartney, whilst on his embassy to China, in 17925. In another room is a collection of portraits …
Old and New London
… pulled down and rebuilt) he writes to Manning, who is in China: "Come, and bring any of your friends the mandarins … fit to solace an English mathematician self-banished to China. The same year Mary Lamb describes her brother taking …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was the offer of the 'Cambridge Seven' for work with the China Inland Mission. They sailed from England in 1885. 552 …
Old and New London
… to speak of Chelsea's famous bun-house, and its ancient china-ware. Next we shall visit Brompton, the "Montpelier" of … made here his superb collection of works of art, including china, armour, articles of vertu, and antiquities of every …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… House, that by the Method of calculating the Duties upon China Ware, in every 18 l. 8s. 9d. ½ received, there has been …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… except Wrought-Silks, Bengals, and Stuffs of Persia, China, and the East-Indies, and, in thirty distinct … mixed with Silk, or Herba, of the Manufacture of Persia, China, or East-India, and all Callicoes painted, dyed, … and Tea. Cancel. Exchequer Bills. Twelve per. Cent. on China-Ware. Cancel. Exchequer Bills. New Duties on Drugs …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not found in the OED online Found described as ALABASTER, CHINA, SMALL Sources: Inventories (late). References: Cox … readily shaped or patterned on the surface. Those made of CHINA or EARTHENWARE, and of GOLD or SILVER were particularly …
Old and New London
… and it has continued to this day to be noted for its china-dealers and curiosity shops, as it was in days of yore … Hanway Yard. It was narrow and dirty, and full of old china-shops, including Baldock's, "a sort of museum for …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the age of 17, 56 and James Hudson Taylor, promoter of the China Inland Mission. From about 1880 until 1903 assemblies …