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A History of the County of Middlesex

… and curious old staircases with broad landings and quaint turnings; the elevator or 'Jacob's ladder' in this … at Knightsbridge was a typical example. The house was a quaint, comfortable little structure where gentlemen's horses … is attached a pictorial frontispiece which shows the quaint and comfortable-looking inn (with its recreation …

Industries: Introduction

A History of the County of Middlesex

… traffic. It was completed in 1885, replacing one of quaint-looking appearance which dated from 1729. At …

Industries: Pottery, Fulham stoneware

A History of the County of Middlesex

… 'Robert Asslet London Street 1721.' Another specimen of quaint design, belonging to Mr. H. C. Moffat, is a large mug …

Introduction

Memorials of London and London Life

… with that proviso, no attempt has been made to modify its quaint phraseology, or to supplant the modes of expression …

Introduction

Calendar of letter-books of the city of London

Introduction

Calendar of letter-books of the city of London

Introduction

Old and New London

… Lamb held those delightful conversations, so full of quaint and kindly thoughts, which were shared in by Hazlitt … manners and customs of the lawyers of various ages, their quaint revels, fox-huntings in hall, and dances round the … whom many thought was poisoned by Buckingham; and this quaint mask, with ram's horns and spectacles, belonged to …

Introduction

Calendar of letter-books of the city of London

… loss fell to the Scots, of whom more than 1,700, in the quaint language of the chronicler, went that day to "schippe …

Introduction

Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London

Introduction

Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House

… relating to Burghley House, near Stamford, and one or two quaint descriptions of Burghley's mother. In one letter (No. …