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Survey of London Monograph
… forces; of uncommon physical strength and one of the most picturesque characters in the history of the College. B. …
Survey of London
… tenements had only been about 20 feet in depth, and in most cases part of the additional ground was used to increase … building plots circa 1674, York Rents were also broken up. Most of if not all the houses seem to have been rebuilt, and … the river. The gateway is generally acknowledged to be a most successful architectural composition, but its present …
Survey of London
… company repaired to York Place, "where they sat down to a most sumptuous supper, the like of which was never given … there, being now in building, my lord's Grace intending most sumptuously and gorgeously to repair and furnish the … the one called the gilt-chamber, and the other called, most commonly, the council-chamber, wherein were set in each …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Harley (1970)]. Although Rees still saw Saxony as the most important source of zaffre into the early nineteenth … century [Rees (1819-20, 1972 ed.)], according to Rolt, most zaffre was brought from the East Indies, particularly … 'Saffore' is also assumed to be ZAFFRE. Zaffre was the most important ingredient in the glass-like SMALT giving it a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… only varieties is yet to be learned.' W. Baker, 1851. Most ichthyologists in 1901 regard the forms alluded to as … list which may truly be called accidental visitors. It is most improbable that the keenest field naturalist would ever … of their habits and the physical conditions which are most attractive to them. They all seek their prey in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… are drawn up chiefly from my own collections, made for the most part in the immediate neighbourhood of my house at … fauna of Somerset is less rich in species than that of most other counties; indeed it is probably more so. The … is scarcely appreciated by the general public. Many of the most injurious insects are only kept within due bounds by …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in which there are from nineteen to twenty body-segments, most of which are furnished, at least in the British species, … which may claim to be not only the common shrimp, but in most parts of England the commonest shrimp. By its extensive … chiefly just upon those portions to which the consumer is most indifferent, except in so far as he is disposed to …