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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It derives its name from being situated on a bol, or high swell of land. The old town of Bolam had its grant of a …
A New History of London
… acts of the common-council. It would be superfluous to swell this work by describing the trial and execution of the …
A New History of London
… were attributed to fevers of all kinds, which began to swell the bills; this was done to prevent houses being shut …
A New History of London
… occasioned cabals among the popular leaders; but not to swell the work unnecessarily with disagreeable particulars, …
A New History of London
… a new bridge. 1099. By an extraordinary high tide or swell of the sea in 1099, the river Thames overflowed its …
A New History of London
… accidents of that nature, which to enumerate would swell the history unnecessarily: the burning down of a house … which though they originate from molehills, these soon swell to the size of mountains when the eyes of the public …