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Old and New London
… ball, and the present vase of flames was then decided on. Defoe compares the Monument to a lighted candle. The Monument …
Old and New London
… body she ne'er sat ascue, Or mouth awry, as others do." Defoe, who at one time lived at Stoke Newington, in all …
Old and New London
… to the east, on the same side of the way, we come to Defoe Street. This was formed in 1875, by the demolition of the house in which Defoe resided, and in which he is reputed to have written … that matchless story with which his name is associated, Defoe plotted as a politician; and here he set in order the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Civil War. There was a visitation of the plague in 1623. 5 Defoe, who visited the district early in the 18th century, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… remained waste until the beginning of the last century. 4 Defoe, who passed it on the way from Warrington to Manchester …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… years after this soldiers were stationed in Lancaster. Defoe, visiting the town about fifteen years later, was not …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Chorley and six others 75 were executed in the same way. Defoe in 1727 found Preston a fine and gay town, but inferior …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Cudworth (Werneth Hall), six; and Bent Hall, six also. 8 Defoe in 1727 thus records his impressions of the Oldham …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… than in places where they have better advantages.' 20 Defoe about 1724 described Rochdale as 'a good market town, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by Baines). Local Gleanings Lancs. and Ches. i, 208. Defoe, A Gentleman's Tour through Great Britain (ed. 1738), …