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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and on the 5th of Sept., in the 5th of Henry VIII., a short time previously to the battle of Branxton, a congress … bones, together with a celt, have been discovered at a short distance from the place. The tithes here of the Dean …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… in the cliff between the summit and the base, and only a short distance from high-water mark. A flight of steps, … arches that separate the nave from the aisle spring from short round piers, such as characterize the Norman style, … as a farm-house; and Court Sion Young, situated at a short distance on the road from Brecknock to Battle, of which …
A New History of London
… was removed to make way for their settlement, and turned short to Fleet-ditch 4. Upon occasion of digging a foundation … enemy were gathering toward the city to surprise them. In short, it was a watch-tower by day, and at night they lighted …
A New History of London
… imposed on them 18: an expedient which obviously shews the short-sighted policy that actuated this prince, whom the …
A New History of London
… petition, just upon the eve of the civil war, contains a short summary of the complaints which then agitated the … he received the solemn thanks of both houses 32. But this short return toward cordiality was soon checked by the … Memoirs. The city apprentices then had their hair cut short round their heads. This regulation was adopted by the …
A New History of London
… who might for a while avoid his justice at home. In short, the civil war could not but continue, while the … that the ramparts and redoubts were compleated in a short space of time. While fresh negociations were … did not doubt answering the end of their petition in a short time; and desired them in the mean while to return …
A New History of London
… meerly as preparatory to his own sovereignty; for after a short sitting, some of the principal members by his own …
A New History of London
… that had so long enjoyed the power of the kingdom: in short grimace and fanaticism were giving place to … for the issue of so great an accident, to give this short, but true accompt of it. On the second instant, at one … as ought to have been; so that this lamentable fire in a short time became too big to be mastred by any engines or …
A New History of London
… other such-like commodities, and there continuing for some short time, and quitting the market about eight of the clock … great men, it might also be a common nusance." In short, on a petition of the merchants and retailers of coffee … being found murdered at Primrose-Hill, that event and in short every cotemporary circumstance, were made to combine …