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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… like to make him use what you have sent me. He is so sly ( fin) that he will drink nothing but what he has a fancy …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… not be able to helpe; but these use the way of a more sly violence, and pick up free people travaileing upon their …
Prisoners' Letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827
… & unfortunate servant Sarah Pilcher 56. [F25/1/153] John Sly, Coldbath Fields prison, 30 September 1807 Sir if you … tho' much to the Bank. I am Sir your humble Serv t Jn Sly PS I beg this may be kept a Secret even from the Keepers … it be known to them I wrote to you 57. [F25/1/154] John Sly, Coldbath Fields prison, 14 October 1807 Sir I am sorry …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… A. Rahim; G.K. Gokhale (d. 19 Feb 1915); W.C. Madge; F.G. Sly; H.A.L. Fisher; J.R. Macdonald. Joint Secretaries: M.S.D. …
Old and New London
… Mr. John Timbs, in his account of this club, remarks, with sly humour, "In the old days, when gaming was in fashion, at …
Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… 0 0 To Wllm. Morley for himself 40 s., and for Robert Kenn'sly 40 s. 4 0 0 To Robt. Bateman and Stephen Thomas who plaid …
Memorials of London and London Life
… wash me." So in the MS.; for " sanguis inebria." In sly allusion, perhaps, to the custom for men who were ready …
Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693/4
… Holling, John 0.00 0.00 1.20 100.00 Comment: Assessor. Sly, John 3.00 15.00 1.20 100.00 Bonner, William 4.80 24.00 …
Old and New London
… thither from the Court to drink syllabub and carry on sly flirtations. In the absence of documents, it is …
Survey of London
… did not miss the opportunities afforded by the garden for sly hits at a science which does not always appeal to the …