London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above County, 1. kötetW. Wilson, 1810 |
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... four or five feet in thickness . Fifthly , Loose Sand and Gravel : " this stratum has been dug into in many places , for the purpose of obtaining water , which then rises in such large quantities , as to have hitherto prevented any ...
... four or five feet in thickness . Fifthly , Loose Sand and Gravel : " this stratum has been dug into in many places , for the purpose of obtaining water , which then rises in such large quantities , as to have hitherto prevented any ...
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... four to five feet in depth ; and every acre is calculated to produce about a million of bricks . The rent per acre has much increased within the last thirty years , probably in the proportion of four to one : at this time it varies from ...
... four to five feet in depth ; and every acre is calculated to produce about a million of bricks . The rent per acre has much increased within the last thirty years , probably in the proportion of four to one : at this time it varies from ...
8. oldal
... four , even for the lighter work : on the stronger lands , five , and even six , horses are used ; and they are almost invaria- bly harnessed at length , and have three men to attend them , and to guide the plough . These heavy teams ...
... four , even for the lighter work : on the stronger lands , five , and even six , horses are used ; and they are almost invaria- bly harnessed at length , and have three men to attend them , and to guide the plough . These heavy teams ...
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... four and a half bushels . The produce varies from fifteen to twenty - five bushels per acre ; the average produce of the whole county being about four quarters . About 3000 acres are appropriated to the cultivation of beans , and nearly ...
... four and a half bushels . The produce varies from fifteen to twenty - five bushels per acre ; the average produce of the whole county being about four quarters . About 3000 acres are appropriated to the cultivation of beans , and nearly ...
12. oldal
... four heaped bushels . The number of persons employed is about forty to ten acres : the whole is a scene of bustle and cheerfulness , though in rags ; and the work is by some continued on sundays as well as other days . The carts are ...
... four heaped bushels . The number of persons employed is about forty to ten acres : the whole is a scene of bustle and cheerfulness , though in rags ; and the work is by some continued on sundays as well as other days . The carts are ...
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477. oldal - Orange should be declared King and Queen of England...
346. oldal - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
59. oldal - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. There let the feasted eye unwearied stray; Luxurious, there, rove through the pendent woods That nodding hang o'er Harrington's retreat...
300. oldal - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
378. oldal - ... else, seeing they were all dead, and were to be huddled together into the common grave of mankind, as we may call it, for here was no difference made, but poor and rich went together ; there was no other way of burials, neither was it possible there should, for coffins were not to be had for the prodigious numbers that fell in such a calamity as this.
335. oldal - Several other Projectors were in like manner personated in this Antimasque ; and it pleased the spectators the more, because by it an information was covertly given to the King of the unfitness and ridiculousness of these projects against the law ; and the Attorney Noy, who had most knowledge of them, had a great hand in this Antimasque of the Projectors.
398. oldal - ... upon the stall, they took them up with the instrument they used and threw them into the cart, and all this while the piper slept soundly. From hence they passed along and took in other dead bodies, till, as honest John Hayward told me, they almost buried him alive in the cart ; yet all this while he slept soundly.
469. oldal - ... that made so ill a return for it : she rejoiced, that God had honoured her to be the first that suffered by fire in this reign : and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love.
60. oldal - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
452. oldal - Commonwealth,"* was passed ; and a Bill for excluding the Duke of York from the Succession to the Throne, was also brought in, but the King prevented its passing at that time, by proroguing the Parliament.