England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social History of the Times, Том 2Ward & Downey, 1891 |
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... seen that the principal thoroughfares of the capital at the accession of George III . were in a condition very far removed from that in which they should have been , and that matters did not begin to mend in this respect until the ...
... seen that the principal thoroughfares of the capital at the accession of George III . were in a condition very far removed from that in which they should have been , and that matters did not begin to mend in this respect until the ...
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... seen one tree on a carriage which they call here a tug , drawn by two and twenty oxen , and even then , this carried so little a way , and then thrown down and left for other tugs to take up and carry on , that sometimes it is two or ...
... seen one tree on a carriage which they call here a tug , drawn by two and twenty oxen , and even then , this carried so little a way , and then thrown down and left for other tugs to take up and carry on , that sometimes it is two or ...
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... seen the state of the public roads in the last century , let us next see how the people travelled on them , and what the rates were at which they ordinarily proceeded . It must be borne in mind that when the eighteenth century dawned ...
... seen the state of the public roads in the last century , let us next see how the people travelled on them , and what the rates were at which they ordinarily proceeded . It must be borne in mind that when the eighteenth century dawned ...
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... seen all we intended . But alas , there was only one bed to be had , all the rest were inhabited by smugglers , whom the people of the house called mountebanks ; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie . We ...
... seen all we intended . But alas , there was only one bed to be had , all the rest were inhabited by smugglers , whom the people of the house called mountebanks ; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie . We ...
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... the hazard and lansquenet tables , and if the evil whispers of the times may be credited , by highway ' Goldsmith , Life of Nash , p . 36 . robbery . Bath , as we have already seen , 60 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
... the hazard and lansquenet tables , and if the evil whispers of the times may be credited , by highway ' Goldsmith , Life of Nash , p . 36 . robbery . Bath , as we have already seen , 60 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
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