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A New History of London
… and Red regiments of trained bands lined both sides of the street from Temple-bar to Ludgate; and her majesty with a … after their relations and friends; and the next day or two afforded sufficient employment in viewing the … cover in their houses made use of sail cloth, tarpaulins or wood, as temporary expedients, till the season for making …
A New History of London
… Smithfield they burned a print of king William: a French or Irish school-master was sent to Newgate for high treason, having proclaimed in the street that king George had no right to the crown; for which … every man therefore of free condition, who by manufactures or trade supports himself and family, though he has not an …
A New History of London
… primate, with divers of the bishops, repaired to Beorcham, or Berkhamstead, where they made their submission, and swore … it bore, is something resembling a gate with some steeples or spires. However, the writing of the charter is very fair, … so that the whole had the appearance of a large well-built street; there being left only three openings, with stone …
A New History of London
… obtains a discharge, he comes out destitute of property or friends, and indisposed to resume his former employments … the great mischiefs arising from the number of shops or houses, in which, at that time, a liquor called Geneva was … were found to expose the citizens to the depredations of street robbers and house breakers. It was therefore thought …
A New History of London
… of the rebels who survived, were either totally dispersed or taken prisoners. The vanquished chevalier dismissing his … with that of the coffee-house over it, were blown into the street, several people were hurt, but as there happened to be … passed 22, which continued the duty of 6 d. per chaldron or ton on coal and culm for 35 years longer, for the …
A New History of London
… Christ-church, what part of them has either been given up or taken away, by whom, and under what pretence. The court of … an agreeable and laudable amusement every Sunday before or after divine worship 2 : but to substitute money for … Islington; where it communicated with the road to Goswell-street. In its course, beside the convenience of connecting …
A New History of London
… perhaps ever mounted a throne under happier circumstances, or amidst more unanimous applause from his subjects, than did … being read at the end of Chancery-lane, in Fleet-street, at the end of Wood-street in Cheapside, and at the … were in actual custody before the death of the late king; or who being then beyond sea should surrender themselves 3; …
A New History of London
… Whether this writer had a commission for his employment or took up his pen officiously as a cadet, he proved a meer … Whether Mr. Wilkes was the author of this paper or not, the manner of apprehending him was clearly an … laid a scheme before the corporation, for forming a street from the front of the mansion-house to Moorfields, …
A New History of London
… answer to any interrogatory tending to accuse himself, or any other person, of being author, printer, or publisher, of the North Briton No. 50, the North Briton … of his friends at the London tavern in Bishopsgate-street, February 20th, a subscription was opened to support …
A New History of London
… mayor, when Richard Oliver, Esq; merchant in Fenchurch-street, and one of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, was … others were so far approved as to be heard with silence, or to receive a general clap. Mr. Wilkes put a paper into the … have the right of election. He added that as he never had or desired, so he never would either directly or indirectly …