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Page 66
Dr . Percy more particularly cites those of Agricola and Karsten , the former
published more than three centuries since ... Thus , about the middle of the
fourteenth century , Edward III . granted powers to several gangs of Germans to
work the ...
Dr . Percy more particularly cites those of Agricola and Karsten , the former
published more than three centuries since ... Thus , about the middle of the
fourteenth century , Edward III . granted powers to several gangs of Germans to
work the ...
Page 67
Thomas Robinson , in his History of Westmoreland and Cumberland , ' written
more than a century and a half ago , says : • The operators , managers , and
miners were most of them Germans . The chief steward of the work was one
Hecksteter ...
Thomas Robinson , in his History of Westmoreland and Cumberland , ' written
more than a century and a half ago , says : • The operators , managers , and
miners were most of them Germans . The chief steward of the work was one
Hecksteter ...
Page 68
They cost a considerable sum , and were such expensive luxuries that the use of
them led to the custom of allowing the wife pin - money . ' The English must ,
however , have fallen behind in the art of din - making a century and a half thus
this ...
They cost a considerable sum , and were such expensive luxuries that the use of
them led to the custom of allowing the wife pin - money . ' The English must ,
however , have fallen behind in the art of din - making a century and a half thus
this ...
Page 70
On more than one occasion their fortress had to stand a siege by the turbulent
London populace . In 1381 they resisted the assault of Wat Tyler and his men
until the authorities recovered from their panic ; . but a century later , in 1493 , the
mob ...
On more than one occasion their fortress had to stand a siege by the turbulent
London populace . In 1381 they resisted the assault of Wat Tyler and his men
until the authorities recovered from their panic ; . but a century later , in 1493 , the
mob ...
Page 71
... which now covers the whole of the site of the ancient Steelyard . It is scarcely
necessary to point out the striking contrast presented by the England of to - day
with the England of a few centuries ago . We have long since ceased to depend ...
... which now covers the whole of the site of the ancient Steelyard . It is scarcely
necessary to point out the striking contrast presented by the England of to - day
with the England of a few centuries ago . We have long since ceased to depend ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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