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A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 16 To the Revolution CHAP. XVI. From the accession of James II. to … him at Whitehall, he assembled a privy-council, and in his speech told them he had been reported to be a man for … appeared in the habits of their orders at Whitehall and St. James's, and scrupled not to boast to protestants, that …
A New History of London
… from them; now a popish family existed and was harboured in France, that might naturally be expected to keep up … that no French papist might come into Whitehall, St. James's, or St. James's Park; and that all French papists … the streets round the Seven Dials in the parish of St. Giles in the fields; which was then crown land, and was …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 18 Queen Anne CHAP. XVIII. From the accession of queen Anne, to her death. 1702. King William … company, went to the house of Mr. James Eaton linen-draper in Cheapside, facing Bow-church, from whose balcony she … by both houses of parliament attended the service at St. Paul's cathedral; the street from St. James's to Temple …
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… Book 1, Ch. 19 George I CHAP. XIX. During the reign of king George I. The protestant succession to the … 1, and her issue 2 : on her death, the inheritance rested in her son George Lewis, duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, and … of the nobility and gentry, all with six horses. At St. Margaret's-hill he was met by the lord-mayor, aldermen, …
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… Book 1, Ch. 2 The Conquest to King John CHAP. II. From the Norman conquest … kingdom from becoming a prey to the Norman invader. But in the present consternation, the citizens were divided in … fire laid it in ruins, together with the cathedral of St. Paul, in 1086; but, by the vigilance of Maurice, bishop …
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… Book 1, Ch. 20 George II to the rebellion of 1745 CHAP. XX. History of London from the accession of George II. to the rebellion in the year 1745. The news of the death of king George I. … Frederic, who had hitherto resided in Hanover, arrived at St. James's; where he was waited on by the lord-mayor, and …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 21 17451755 CHAP. XXI. From the rebellion in the year 1745, to the commencement of the … and a manifesto to be read in which the chevalier de St. George declared his son Charles, regent of his dominions, …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 22 1755 to the death of George II CHAP. XXII. From the commencement of hostilities with France in the year 1755, to the death of George II. The attention of … in the gulph of Mexico; and Canada, up the river St. Laurence; along the extensive sea coast between which lay …
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… Book 1, Ch. 23 The reign of George II to the trial of Wilkes CHAP. XXIII. … of every honest man:" and that as he "mounted the throne in the midst of an expensive, but just and necessary war, he … had been demanded in marriage by our sovereign, arrived at St. James's palace, on the afternoon of September 8th, and …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 24 1763-1769 CHAP. XXIV. From the prosecution of Mr. Wilkes, to his being elected alderman … a literary champion stepped forth to defend the ministry in a political paper intitled the Briton. Whether this writer … of Brunswic Lunenburg; in the great council chamber at St. James's, by the archbishop of Canterbury: her portion …