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Survey of London
… and other exotica, 'a small cosmopolis gathered every night, and welcomed the landlord with the traditional …
Survey of London
… Collier Street, on its landlord's back, and died in the night after one such evening, 'by the visitation of God'. 46 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was then only 34, and the building was also used for night school in winter. 73 A separate infant schoolroom was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of a large but scattered Crown estate which owed one night's farm; before 1086 outlying parts, totalling 25 hides, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and frequently a husband worked by day and a wife by night to augment the family's income. An average of each …
Old and New London
… relate a story which Sir Francis himself told me. On the night of the great fire at the Houses of Parliament he and … as pictured in Tickell's elegy: "Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? …
Old and New London
… island of Thorney; but he gives the following legend: "The night before the dedication, it is related that St. Peter, in … sermon preached by the Bishop of Rochester. It rested all night in the church. On the following day the procession … was a collation or spiritual lecture every evening before night-song, after which there was silence. The monks rose two …
Old and New London
… and it is not mentioned at what hour of the day or night the conflagration ended. The English who had been at …