 | Edward Newman - 1835 - 348 pages
...972. On the 25th of March, 1748, the great fire which happened in Cornhill burnt down the Swan Tavern, together with the society's valuable collection of insects, books, &c., and all their regalia. 973. The society was sitting at the time ; yet so sudden and rapid was the impetuous course of the... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...us. On the 25th of March, 1748, the great fire which happened in Cornhill burnt down the Swan Tavern, together with the society's valuable collection of...books, &c., and all their regalia. The society was sitting at the time ; yet so sudden and rapid was the impetuous course of the fire, that the flames... | |
 | 1858 - 224 pages
...this Society was both ludicrous and melancholy v " On the 25th of March, 1847, a great fire broke out in Cornhill, in which the Swan Tavern was burnt down,...regalia. The Society was then sitting ; yet so sudden and so rapid was the impetuous course of the fire that the flames beat against the windows before they... | |
 | Michael A. Salmon, Peter Marren, Basil Harley - 2000 - 450 pages
...roasting the Aurelians too. Moses Harris described the conflagration: '...the great Fire hafif>ened in Cornhill, in which the Swan Tavern was burnt down,...the Society's valuable Collection of Insects, Books, 6rVr. and all their Regalia: The Society was then sitting, yet so sudden and rapid was the impetuous... | |
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I was, however, deprived of that pleasure ; for not long after the great fire happened in Cornhill *, in which the Swan Tavern was burnt down, together with the Society's valuable collection of Insects, Books, &c., and all their Regalia. The Society was... 