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Old and New London
… while the upper part, containing a menagerie of wild beasts and reptiles, became known as "Exeter 'Change." … of Lords. After this it became "Pidcock's Exhibition of Wild Beasts," and as such it long continued a most popular … Strand, and daubed all over with pictures of monsters and wild beasts between its Corinthian pillars, must have …
Old and New London
… of the Queen's favourite, the Earl of Essex, devised those wild schemes which led to the ruin of himself and his …
Old and New London
… heretofore heard Common Prayer read." Dryden, too, in his "Wild Gallant," speaks with evident delight of "the sack at …
Yorkshire Lay Subsidy
… xiij d De Willelmo Goderyk' ij s j d De Willelmo de Wild' ij s o. De Ada filio Edmundi xx d De Thoma Cissore vj d …
A Survey of London
… hauing good couert for Harts, Buckes, Does, Boores & wild Bulles. The corne fields are not of a hungry sandie …
Old and New London
… reign he overthrew Prince Llewellyn, and slew 8,000 wild Welsh. He fought with credit in Brittany and Ireland, … the fraternity of the Temple. In Wat Tyler's rebellion the wild men of Kent poured down on the dens of the Temple …
Old and New London
… or ten couple of hounds, and, to the blast of horns and wild shouting, the poor creatures were torn to shreds, for …
Old and New London
… History does not record many riots in the Temple, full of wild life as that quiet precinct has been. In different …
Old and New London
… IrruptionsThe Tunnel opened for TrafficRatcliff HighwayThe Wild Beast ShopsThe Marr and Williamson … the waves had risen up to the knees of the last man. A WILD-BEAST SHOP. ( See page 134.) The next irruption was in … about the Protector Somerset sung at Ratcliff Cross. The wild-beast shops in this street have often been sketched by …