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... parliament took them into consideration , and settled them in a form which may possibly afford some notion of the rate at which the inhabitants were liv- ing : they were to be sold at the undermentioned fixed prices , under a penalty ...
... parliament took them into consideration , and settled them in a form which may possibly afford some notion of the rate at which the inhabitants were liv- ing : they were to be sold at the undermentioned fixed prices , under a penalty ...
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... parliamentary abbots had each a town residence of state . The Abbot of St. Austin's , Canterbury House , was in the parish of St. Olave's , Southwark . The Abbot of Evesham's , in the parish of St. Catherine Cree , nigh Billiter Lane ...
... parliamentary abbots had each a town residence of state . The Abbot of St. Austin's , Canterbury House , was in the parish of St. Olave's , Southwark . The Abbot of Evesham's , in the parish of St. Catherine Cree , nigh Billiter Lane ...
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... parliament had taken into consideration the almost impassable state of many of the principal streets of the metropolis . In 1542 , Aldgate High Street , Chancery Lane , Holborn towards St. Giles's in the Fields , and Gray's Inn , Shoe ...
... parliament had taken into consideration the almost impassable state of many of the principal streets of the metropolis . In 1542 , Aldgate High Street , Chancery Lane , Holborn towards St. Giles's in the Fields , and Gray's Inn , Shoe ...
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... parliament having vanished , the common council passed an act for fortifying the city with outworks , agreed that all the ways leading to the city should be shut up , except those entering at Charing Cross , St. Giles's in the Fields ...
... parliament having vanished , the common council passed an act for fortifying the city with outworks , agreed that all the ways leading to the city should be shut up , except those entering at Charing Cross , St. Giles's in the Fields ...
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... parliament in April , 1670. At this time , " Conventicles abounded in all parts of the city ; it having been thought hard to hinder men from worshipping God any where , as they could , when there were no churches nor ministers to look ...
... parliament in April , 1670. At this time , " Conventicles abounded in all parts of the city ; it having been thought hard to hinder men from worshipping God any where , as they could , when there were no churches nor ministers to look ...
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Sida 204 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Sida 30 - His miraculous and never enough to be acknowledged mercy, in putting a stop to it when we were in the last despair, and that all attempts for the quenching it, however industriously pursued, seemed insufficient.
Sida 364 - O vale of bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Sida 19 - Westminster, and their suburbs, and the general and promiscuous use of coaches there, are not only a great disturbance to his Majesty, his dearest consort the Queen, the nobility, and others of place and degree, in their passage through the streets...
Sida 203 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Sida 27 - Since this dreadful period, the plague has entirely ceased in London ; a circumstance that must be regarded as the more remarkable, when reference is made to the yearly bills of mortality, for nearly all the preceding part of the century. It will be seen from them, that scarcely a year passed without some persons falling victims to the infection ; and that in 1609 and...
Sida 136 - ... the wall, at the distance of 140 feet from the visitor, who hears his words in a loud voice, seemingly at his ear. The mere shutting of the door produces a sound like a peal of thunder rolling among the mountains.
Sida 73 - To avoid this trouble and waste, a brewer of the name of Harwood conceived the idea of making a liquor which should partake of the united flavours of ale, beer, and twopenny. He did so, and succeeded, calling it
Sida 29 - ... of it by pulling down houses as ought to have been; so that this lamentable fire in a short time became too big to be mastered by any engines, or working near it. It fell out, most unhappily too, that a violent easterly wind fomented it, and kept it burning all that day, and the night following...
Sida 30 - ... industriously pursued, seemed insufficient. His majesty then sat hourly in council, and ever since hath continued making rounds about the city, in all parts of it where the danger and mischief was greatest, till this morning...