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Old and New London
… by one of the Acts of Oliver Cromwell, March 31, 1654. British cocks are mentioned by Csar; but the first actual …
Old and New London
… and subsequently deposited by the Duke of Portland in the British Museum." Sir Christopher Wren was ordered by Queen … and suppliant states be seen Once more to bend before a British Queen." And yet, after all, the seer may be regarded …
Old and New London
… accessible not only to every commissioned officer of the British army, but to his immediate connectionshis wife, …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Whiteshill WHITESHILL No Iron Age or Romano-British monument is known in this parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… name Drv Wen, or the White Town, by Llywarch Hen, a noble British bard, who flourished about the close of the 6th … He also describes it as the spot where Condolanus, a British chieftain, was slain, in an attempt to expel some …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… WHITTINGTON (12 miles N. of Cirencester) The Romano-British major settlement at Wycomb (2), partly overlying an … 'at a little distance' from the wood. 2 Scattered Romano-British potsherds have been picked up on arable ground … Syreford gravel pit and Wycomb; see (2). (2) Romano-British Settlement (SP 028201), Wycomb, Syreford, covers …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and traced some cuneiform characters belonging to the British Museum. No news. Cold and dry. No ministry formed … that the Russians attacked the whole line of the British, but were repulsed with great loss; they also have … by firing (at Hango in the Baltic) on a detachment of British sailors who were landing three prisoners under a flag …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… for Sunday recreation as he calls it. He would have the British Museum, National Gallery, and the Crystal Palace open … somewhere. A meeting of the Sunday League (for opening the British Museum etc on a Sunday) was held on Monday evening at …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and curious buildings in that country) and also to the British Museum. While there I looked into the new reading … in fact as charming weather as can be imagined. The British Bank swindle having been fully exposed and great … 2 hours rowing and returned through Ham Common. Very fine. British Bank Humphrey Brown is captured, hurrah!! Also …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Went on with McConnell's locomotive, cut up wood etc. The British Institution exhibition is just opened. It is said to … drew Optics 4 diagrams, etc. Very cold and snowing. The British Bank Directors trial is at last concluded, and they … bill, making conspiracy to commit murder outside British jurisdiction a felony instead of a misdemeanour (see …