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A New History of London
… of stairs to connect with a gallery or bridge carried on piles from Blackfriars, and built so as not to interfere with …
A New History of London
… the pier between them: but by injudiciously drawing up the piles originally driven there, the current washed away the …
A New History of London
… upon a plan then prepared, containing four detached piles of stone building, to be connected by gateways, and to …
A New History of London
… that it became necessary to drive a vast number of piles close together, upon which the building was raised, …
A New History of London
… than a raised landing place carried out into the river on piles, like that at present at New Palace yard, and which was …
A New History of London
… of real fame, I have viewed with real respect; but the piles that wanted a character to excuse them, I considered as … prepared by scooping for receiving the pier, and fixed to piles, sunk to the bottom as the weight of stone increased; …