The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 79
... designed to help the rebuilding by hindering activities elsewhere , and matters reserved to the City's discre- tion . To contemporaries it was a triumph for the moderate reformers , to posterity it is a valuable example of the outlook ...
... designed to help the rebuilding by hindering activities elsewhere , and matters reserved to the City's discre- tion . To contemporaries it was a triumph for the moderate reformers , to posterity it is a valuable example of the outlook ...
Page 131
... designed to facilitate private rebuilding . They seem to have worked admirably , if at the cost of great labour and trouble for the City . Designed for the most part either to prevent disputes or to provide for their speedy settlement ...
... designed to facilitate private rebuilding . They seem to have worked admirably , if at the cost of great labour and trouble for the City . Designed for the most part either to prevent disputes or to provide for their speedy settlement ...
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... designed , in part , 3 1 Evelyn desired that the valley below St. Paul's might be abated to form a graceful ascent to the cathedral and that the channel from thence to Holborn should be ' so en- larged as not only to be preserv'd sweet ...
... designed , in part , 3 1 Evelyn desired that the valley below St. Paul's might be abated to form a graceful ascent to the cathedral and that the channel from thence to Holborn should be ' so en- larged as not only to be preserv'd sweet ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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