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" As to the floors, they are usually made of clay covered with rushes that grew in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then that the lower part remains sometimes for twenty years together, and in it a collection of spittle, vomit, urine of dogs... "
Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London During the Eighteenth Century ... - Page 376
by James Peller Malcolm - 1810
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 4

1824 - 462 pages
...noxious than the wind. " As to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then,...for twenty years together, and in it a collection of rilthiness not to be named. Hence, upon change of weather, a vapour is exhaled, very pernicious, in...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 9

1827 - 616 pages
...noxious than the wind. " As to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then,...scraps of fish, and other filthiness not to be named. Ilence, upon change of weather, a vapour is exhaled, very pernicious, in my opinion, to the human body....
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith: Interspersed with ...

Thomas Faulkner - 1839 - 486 pages
...noxious than the wind. As to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then, that the lower part remains for twenty years together, and in it a collection of spittle, beer, scraps, and other filth, thence,...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 512 pages
...the Eighth, says — " as to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then,...remains sometimes for twenty years together, and in it a collecafter the year 1634, when the church was flagged for the BOOK first time ; but the custom is...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or Dates, Charters and Customs of the Middle Ages ...

Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 954 pages
...the Eighth, says — " as to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then, that the lower part remains sometimes for twenty ycare together, and in it a collecafter the year 1634, when the church was flagged for the BOOK first...
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Medii Aevi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 514 pages
...the Eighth, says — " as to the floors, they are usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then, that the lower port remains sometimes for twenty years together, and in it a collecafter the year 1634, when the church...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 - 542 pages
...the Eighth, says — " as to the floors, they arc usually made of clay, covered with rushes that grow in fens, which are so slightly removed now and then, that the lower put remains sometimes for twenty years together, and in it a collecafter the year 1634, when the church...
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The New Mirror, Volume 3

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...tile room, is more noxious than the wind. " As to the floors, they are usually made of clay, cover, ed with rushes that grew in fens, which are so slightly...urine of dogs and men, beer, scraps of fish, and other tilthiness not to be named. Hence, upon change of weather, a vapour is exhaled, very pernicious, in...
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On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms and ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - 1845 - 280 pages
...than the wind. As to the floors, they are usually made of clay covered with rushes that grew in the fens, which are so slightly removed now and then,...part remains sometimes for twenty years together, * Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, p. l8. and in it a collection of spittle, vomit, urine of dogs and...
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On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms and ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - 1845 - 286 pages
...than the wind. As to the floors, they are usually made of clay covered with rushes that grew in the fens, which are so slightly removed now and then,...part remains sometimes for twenty years together, * Negotiations of Thomu Woolsey, p. 18. and in it a collection of spittle, vomit, urine of dogs and...
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