London on the ThamesLittle, Brown, 1966 - 435 Seiten Anecdotal tour of London that recreates social life and events during the days of Wren, Samuel Johnson, Churchill, Chaucer, and Oscar Wilde, etc. |
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... Lane . It can be disappointing to learn that Mincing is a corruption of the feminine form of the Anglo - Saxon word for " monk , " mychene . And it can be disillu- sioning , after thoughts of punkahs , stengahs and wallahs , to see that ...
... Lane . It can be disappointing to learn that Mincing is a corruption of the feminine form of the Anglo - Saxon word for " monk , " mychene . And it can be disillu- sioning , after thoughts of punkahs , stengahs and wallahs , to see that ...
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... Lane takes on a rather bucolic tinge with farmers showing bakers and brewers handfuls of grain as they stand in the street to do their examining in broad daylight . The next street east is the Seething Lane of Samuel Pepys , who is ...
... Lane takes on a rather bucolic tinge with farmers showing bakers and brewers handfuls of grain as they stand in the street to do their examining in broad daylight . The next street east is the Seething Lane of Samuel Pepys , who is ...
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... Lane , Water Lane , Harp Lane and Idol Lane . Nearly five hundred feet of Lower Thames Street ( and river- front ) is occupied by the 1817 Custom House . It is a low , gray structure whose amiable exterior belies the stern functions of ...
... Lane , Water Lane , Harp Lane and Idol Lane . Nearly five hundred feet of Lower Thames Street ( and river- front ) is occupied by the 1817 Custom House . It is a low , gray structure whose amiable exterior belies the stern functions of ...
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A PREFATORY RAMBLE | 3 |
THE LONDON OF PATER TAMESIS | 17 |
THE LONDON OF DICK WHITTINGTON | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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