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... pieces , the Mameluke crimson - velvet saddle ; the splendid Turkish bridle , and the swords , helmet , and girdle of Tippoo - Saib , I make the best of my way to Queen Elizabeth's Armoury , without pausing more 20 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
... pieces , the Mameluke crimson - velvet saddle ; the splendid Turkish bridle , and the swords , helmet , and girdle of Tippoo - Saib , I make the best of my way to Queen Elizabeth's Armoury , without pausing more 20 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
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... splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued out of the Towre of London , fyrst three - score coursers , apparelled for the justes , and on ...
... splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued out of the Towre of London , fyrst three - score coursers , apparelled for the justes , and on ...
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... Greenwich is hardly perceptible . The marine forest there , the armada on the river , has a goodly appearance ; and the bridges bestriding the noble F stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . 49.
... Greenwich is hardly perceptible . The marine forest there , the armada on the river , has a goodly appearance ; and the bridges bestriding the noble F stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . 49.
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Old Humphrey. stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . I have ventured the remark to the French- man , that they have no river Thames at Paris . He replies by asking me with a shrug , where are our English palaces ? and ...
Old Humphrey. stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . I have ventured the remark to the French- man , that they have no river Thames at Paris . He replies by asking me with a shrug , where are our English palaces ? and ...
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... amassed a splendid collection of pictures , principally of the Italian school . These pictures , after his death , were purchased by the British 3 N government , at the suggestion of Lord Liverpool , then The National Gallery.
... amassed a splendid collection of pictures , principally of the Italian school . These pictures , after his death , were purchased by the British 3 N government , at the suggestion of Lord Liverpool , then The National Gallery.
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