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Old and New London
… to the King's Scholars and neighbours. And Sir Richard Steele, writing in "The Tatler," in 1709, says, "Here was a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of HUNDRED Sources: Inventories (early). Wisp steel [wisp-steele; steel wisp] Apparently a wisp was originally a unit … very similar to it, hence entries like 'Long steel, Wisp-steele, and such like' [Rates (1660)]. It is also invariably …
The Environs of London
… Esq. whose father purchased the lease of Mr. Robert Steele in 1761 26. The demesne lands of this manor are 42 …