London Exhibited in 1852: Elucidating Its Natural and Physical Characteristics, Antiquity and Architecture, Arts, Manufactures, Trade, and Organization, Social, Literary, and Scientific Institutions, and Numerous Galleries of Fine ArtJohn Weale J. Weale, 1852 - 910 psl. |
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... George's , East . Middlesex . - Mile End Road ; Bromley , Devon's Lane ; Wapping , Green Bank ; Shadwell , King David's Lane ; Stepney , Arbour Square ; Poplar , Newby Place . Essex . -Plaistow ; Great Ilford ; Wanstead ; Leytonstone ...
... George's , East . Middlesex . - Mile End Road ; Bromley , Devon's Lane ; Wapping , Green Bank ; Shadwell , King David's Lane ; Stepney , Arbour Square ; Poplar , Newby Place . Essex . -Plaistow ; Great Ilford ; Wanstead ; Leytonstone ...
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... George and Blue Boar , Hol- born ; Saracen's Head , Skinner Street , Snow Hill ; Cross Keys , Wood Street ; Spread Eagle , Regent Circus ; Green Man and Still , Oxford Street ; Peacock , Islington ; White - Horse Cellar , Piccadilly ...
... George and Blue Boar , Hol- born ; Saracen's Head , Skinner Street , Snow Hill ; Cross Keys , Wood Street ; Spread Eagle , Regent Circus ; Green Man and Still , Oxford Street ; Peacock , Islington ; White - Horse Cellar , Piccadilly ...
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... George IV . ) have greatly improved the chiaro - scuro , and would have improved it yet much more if placed higher . The obvious place for them was above the collar- beam . Their exterior , compared with that of the lantern ( also ...
... George IV . ) have greatly improved the chiaro - scuro , and would have improved it yet much more if placed higher . The obvious place for them was above the collar- beam . Their exterior , compared with that of the lantern ( also ...
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... , late indeed , but singularly fine and pure for its age , the small chapel east of St. George's at Windsor , commonly called the Tomb - house . neration for the whole contrivance and superintendence of St. Paul's 210 LONDON ARCHITECTS .
... , late indeed , but singularly fine and pure for its age , the small chapel east of St. George's at Windsor , commonly called the Tomb - house . neration for the whole contrivance and superintendence of St. Paul's 210 LONDON ARCHITECTS .
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... George I. , soon after which he was actually degraded from the office he had filled for half a century as none else ever filled it , to make way for a glib pretender , whose utter incompetency required his almost immediate exchange for ...
... George I. , soon after which he was actually degraded from the office he had filled for half a century as none else ever filled it , to make way for a glib pretender , whose utter incompetency required his almost immediate exchange for ...
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