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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… years of the 19th century. 66 Plans to establish a village reading-room were made in 1913 67 and from that time or soon …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a pulpit and bench ends of the 16th century. The former reading desk (1620) is part of the organ screen, and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1612 and in 1662 a man was licensed to teach writing, reading, accounts, ciphering, and grammar. 63 The overseers …
Old and New London
… his love of romances. The queen asked him what he had been reading of late in his own way. "Nothing, madam," said Sir … meagre countenance, which aspect made me doubtful whether reading or fretting had made it so philosophic." In the …
Survey of London
… heightened by a refin'd taste and improv'd by universal reading render'd her amiable to everyone who knew her the …
Survey of London
… the reclining figure of Lady Cheyne, who is represented as reading a book while she rests with one arm on a cushion. She …