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Old and New London
… and give place To these new conquerors of the Norman race." And when, in 1671, the burnt-out Drury Lane company …
Old and New London
… life, and ended it as a drunken dotard. The last of the race, Henry, Cardinal York, died in 1804, a spiritless old …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the Peverells, from whom they passed to the illustrious race of Fitz-warine, who were lords of the place for nearly …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Derby day. Splendid fine day, plenty of people went to the race. The Wild Darell won it. Our new baby boy is fat and …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… wood, went on with fish etc. The Oxford and Cambridge boat race came off yesterday, between Putney and Mortlake, which …