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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… as well as the Advantages which attended every Part of our old Constitution, I believe they will not be so very fond of returning to it. I shall agree that there were such old Statutes as have been mentioned, relating to the frequent … the many Powers and Prerogatives which our Kings of old pretended to] Thus we may see that the Kings of England …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… incurred, and carrying a higher Interest than the old National Debt, and which, being at a Discount, increased …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Disappointmen, wormed out of all the Branches of their old Trade, uncertain what Hand to turn to, necessitate to … as a Reward of their honorable Exploits; while their old Corps are broken, the common Soldiers left to beg, and … greatest difficulty is, how to describe a Scots Tory: Of old, when I knew them first, Tory was an honest hearted …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… and amongst others, common Fame gave out, that an old Member should say, 'That though he had accepted of an …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… the Auditor for Yorkshire, and the said Entry is near as old as the said Record. 'III. The said Record, and … are fairly entered, and remain on record, in an old Book, kept amongst the Records of the City of London, and …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… whether it would not be best to proceed in the old Method, by going into a grand Committee for the Courts of … in the particular Species of it, may be new, tho' it's old in its Genus, or the principal Materials on which it is …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… will reform; and they desire rather to compose the old, than to create any new Differences. Upon the whole, the …
Old and New London
… It is difficult to carry the mind back and imagine this old London prison, carted away in 1846, a building of nearly … culprits were Prynne and Lilburne. The former tough old lawyer, for simply denouncing actresses, with a supposed … and Magpie,' the 'King's Head,' the 'Lamb,' the 'Swan,' the 'Hoop and Bunch of Grapes,' were some of the …
Old and New London
… of itClearing of the Fleet ValleyA Deposit of PinsThe Old BridgesFleet BridgeHolborn BridgeHistorical … AssociationsDiscovery of the Arches of the Old BridgeThieves' HousesPope on the "Fleet"The River arched … called or known by the name or sign of the Cock," to the "Swan Inn." Wren, therefore, built the new bridge on the north …
Survey of London
… rebuilding the estate was said to contain many houses very old, and in a bad State of Repair in 1805 when the trustees … of Bethnal Green, builder. In these leases the use of old material in the back parts of the houses was sometimes …