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A History of the County of Warwick
… fine buildings' certainly impressed Celia Fiennes, 96 and Defoe was of the opinion that although Warwick 'was ever … 86. Journeys of Celia Fiennes, ed. C. Morris, 114-15. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Britain, ed. G. D. H. Cole, 484. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Boro. of Warw. (Dugdale Soc. Occasional Paper no. 4) 13. Defoe, Tow through Gt. Britain, ed. G. D. H. Cole, 484. Cod. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… rare coins, and a notable collection of books. 68 Daniel Defoe described the house in 1722 as a museum of rarities … viii. 243, 245. N. R. Wilkinson, Wilton House Pictures. Defoe, Tour, ed. G. D. H. Cole, i. 1936. Arch. Jnl. civ. 173. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… description of the church frequently attributed to Daniel Defoe in his Tour of the Whole Island of Britain in the early … 'would make a fine theatrical decoration'. 592 In fact Defoe's opinion was very different. In 1724 he wrote that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… This is a thriving place.' 87 A traveller, supposed to be Defoe, about 1730 calls Manchester 'the greatest mere village …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is this wholesale trade which figures most impressively in Defoe's famous account of the year 1723. 118 He calls the … The pocket-book transactions of the wholesale men noted by Defoe presaged the decline of the fair, the stages of which …
A History of the County of Sussex
… there was a decided increase of prosperity after 1714. Defoe 107 (c. 1724) speaks of Chichester as having only about …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1650, pp. 541, 546; 16512, p. 562. Ibid. 16289, p. 594. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Brit. Cal. Close R. 137781, p. 173; …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The rioting at this election is probably that described by Defoe: Tour through Gt. Britain, ed. G. D. H. Cole, ii. 482. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… descriptions did not, however, support this testimonial. Defoe likened the city's appearance to that of 'Cheapside … Journeys of Celia Fiennes, ed. C. Morris, 112, 114. D. Defoe, Tour through Gt. Britain (1927), ii. 482. e.g. Eng. …