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... river , walked in part round the Tower , passed by the Devil's Battery , the Stone Battery , and the Wooden Battery , and am now returned to the White Tower , so called because Henry III . ordered it 2 * THE TOWER OF LONDON . 17.
... river , walked in part round the Tower , passed by the Devil's Battery , the Stone Battery , and the Wooden Battery , and am now returned to the White Tower , so called because Henry III . ordered it 2 * THE TOWER OF LONDON . 17.
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... round , flat - crowned caps , and bands of parti - coloured ribbons ; their fine scarlet cloth coats , with large sleeves and full - gathered skirts , seamed with gold lace , and their broad , laced girdles . Bear- ing the royal badge ...
... round , flat - crowned caps , and bands of parti - coloured ribbons ; their fine scarlet cloth coats , with large sleeves and full - gathered skirts , seamed with gold lace , and their broad , laced girdles . Bear- ing the royal badge ...
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... round there seems to be sufficient matter for a century's meditations . Once more I pass the guard at the entrance . Strange thoughts are crowding upon me as I leave the Tower . I entered it with a hatred of bondage , and I quit it with ...
... round there seems to be sufficient matter for a century's meditations . Once more I pass the guard at the entrance . Strange thoughts are crowding upon me as I leave the Tower . I entered it with a hatred of bondage , and I quit it with ...
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... round me , and the deep diapason of the solemn organ , like thunder modulated and rendered musical , is impet- uously bursting from the choir , pouring irresistibly along through the elevated arches , and long - drawn aisles , and ...
... round me , and the deep diapason of the solemn organ , like thunder modulated and rendered musical , is impet- uously bursting from the choir , pouring irresistibly along through the elevated arches , and long - drawn aisles , and ...
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... round the gallery , mak- ing but few remarks . Not so the little Frenchman , ' who has just observed to me , with a shrug of exultation , that they have none of our English fogs in France ; and that the Monument of London is not like ...
... round the gallery , mak- ing but few remarks . Not so the little Frenchman , ' who has just observed to me , with a shrug of exultation , that they have none of our English fogs in France ; and that the Monument of London is not like ...
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