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Old and New London
… the colour that yellow crape would have if stretched over black. He was then, probably, ill, for he died some weeks …
Old and New London
… the deepest mourning, and surrounded by her women, all as black and as dismal looking as herself. Here, too, that … the Wellington Barracks to Portsmouth, to embark for the Black Sea. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the … embroidered with gold, or they may disport themselves in black velvet from head to foot, with white lace at the …
Old and New London
… drawing-room, on the first storey, which was hung with black cloth and lighted with wax candles. Soon after my … by a pump. At the bottom of the well, it is said, is a black marble image of St. Peter, and some marble steps. The …
Old and New London
… poor persons, and a school for twenty boys, known as the "Black-Coat School," under the parochial authorities. This …
Old and New London
… called King Charles's breed, except a few very beautiful black-and-tan spaniels belonging to the late Duke of Norfolk, …
Old and New London
… made in 1722 mention is made of " the White Horse and Black Horse Inns, for the entertainment of man and horse; … place on his marauding expeditions, upon his famous mare, Black Bess, from which one of these taverns took its name. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… and an open timber ceiling. ConditionGood. b(21). The Black Horse Inn, formerly a farmhouse, and said to have been … re-faced; the S. bay with late 17th-century red bricks and black headers set in a diaper pattern; the N. bay with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of doors; and a vault or two, in which was wheat of a black colour, and in a cinereous state. . . . Innumerable … on Cinder Hill for the most part revealed little but black earth, a little Roman pottery, and a "shapeless mass of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… and a stone in the chimney-stack dated 1622. (7). Black Swan Inn, on the S.E. side of the road, 80 yards N.E. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to fulfil their obligations, and the changes after the Black Death probably increased their reluctance. 6 In 1348 …