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... fire . " May I never pass the place without more than common thankfulness to the Father of mer- cies in sparing me the torment that better men have endured ! I like to visit the Cemeteries around the city , and bend over the resting ...
... fire . " May I never pass the place without more than common thankfulness to the Father of mer- cies in sparing me the torment that better men have endured ! I like to visit the Cemeteries around the city , and bend over the resting ...
Page 7
... fire - escapes among the models ; to receive a shock from the electrical eel ; and to go down in the diving - bell with a friend who is too fearful to descend alone . I like to roam amid the gathered stores of the British Museum , from ...
... fire - escapes among the models ; to receive a shock from the electrical eel ; and to go down in the diving - bell with a friend who is too fearful to descend alone . I like to roam amid the gathered stores of the British Museum , from ...
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... fire has destroyed the Grand Storehouse at the Tower . More than two hundred thousand stand of arms have been consumed , with other property to a very great amount . The flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting ...
... fire has destroyed the Grand Storehouse at the Tower . More than two hundred thousand stand of arms have been consumed , with other property to a very great amount . The flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting ...
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... fire , and more than once the spire was struck by lightning . Among the names of those who were , at dif- ferent periods , the most zealous in its reparation , may be mentioned , William de Belmois , Osbert de Camera , Maurice Belmois ...
... fire , and more than once the spire was struck by lightning . Among the names of those who were , at dif- ferent periods , the most zealous in its reparation , may be mentioned , William de Belmois , Osbert de Camera , Maurice Belmois ...
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... fire of 1666 wrapped it in flames . This fire was one of the most tremendous scourges that ever visited London . It seemed as if the Holy One was pouring out , on the devoted city , the vials of his wrath . " It was in the depth and ...
... fire of 1666 wrapped it in flames . This fire was one of the most tremendous scourges that ever visited London . It seemed as if the Holy One was pouring out , on the devoted city , the vials of his wrath . " It was in the depth and ...
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