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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... Fire of 1666. A 202 - foot high fluted Doric column designed by Sir Christopher Wren , it would , if toppled in the right direction , fall on the spot in Pudding Lane where the fire began in a bake- house . The Monument stands on the ...
... Fire of 1666. A 202 - foot high fluted Doric column designed by Sir Christopher Wren , it would , if toppled in the right direction , fall on the spot in Pudding Lane where the fire began in a bake- house . The Monument stands on the ...
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... Fire spewed forth and destroyed the Cathedral and most of the City in five days of September . " God's Terrible Voice in the City " had begun trembling the walls in 1665 with a nine - month scourge of plague which killed 100,000 ...
... Fire spewed forth and destroyed the Cathedral and most of the City in five days of September . " God's Terrible Voice in the City " had begun trembling the walls in 1665 with a nine - month scourge of plague which killed 100,000 ...
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... fire is a very big fire indeed , but on this first large raid there were nine fires at once rating over a hun- dred pumps . From a Ministry of Home Security summary of this first heavy attack : It set alight the wooden blocks in the ...
... fire is a very big fire indeed , but on this first large raid there were nine fires at once rating over a hun- dred pumps . From a Ministry of Home Security summary of this first heavy attack : It set alight the wooden blocks in the ...
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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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