The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 1Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 343
... London of A.D. 61 , when it was sacked by Queen Boadicea , as celebrated for its merchants and merchan- dise . London , therefore , was already important , and we may even look for a Celtic London . That the name " London " is Celtic ...
... London of A.D. 61 , when it was sacked by Queen Boadicea , as celebrated for its merchants and merchan- dise . London , therefore , was already important , and we may even look for a Celtic London . That the name " London " is Celtic ...
Page 344
... London which mothered the present city . The pangs of her great birth may be said to have begun with the Dissolution of the Monasteries . These great religious houses had been the refuges of the poor all over England . When they fell ...
... London which mothered the present city . The pangs of her great birth may be said to have begun with the Dissolution of the Monasteries . These great religious houses had been the refuges of the poor all over England . When they fell ...
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... London , apart from the City , is con- ducted by the London County Council , which superseded the old Board of Works in 1889 , and by about fifty Borough Councils , each of which deals with the more local affairs of its own " civil ...
... London , apart from the City , is con- ducted by the London County Council , which superseded the old Board of Works in 1889 , and by about fifty Borough Councils , each of which deals with the more local affairs of its own " civil ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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