England and the English in the eighteenth century: Chapters in the social history of the times ; in 2 vol, Volume 2Ward & Downey, 1892 - 418 pagina's |
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Pagina vi
... riots - Dr . Sacheverel - The Spitalfields weavers- ' Wilkes and Liberty ' - The Gordon riots of 1780- Testimony of various eye - witnesses adduced - Popular demonstra- tions on important events -- Acquittal of Admiral Keppel - Aristo ...
... riots - Dr . Sacheverel - The Spitalfields weavers- ' Wilkes and Liberty ' - The Gordon riots of 1780- Testimony of various eye - witnesses adduced - Popular demonstra- tions on important events -- Acquittal of Admiral Keppel - Aristo ...
Pagina 8
... rioters , similar to those organised by the Rechabites of our own times , demolished all the turnpike gates on the roads leading to and from Bristol , repeating their experiment as fast as the gates were re - erected . The contagion ...
... rioters , similar to those organised by the Rechabites of our own times , demolished all the turnpike gates on the roads leading to and from Bristol , repeating their experiment as fast as the gates were re - erected . The contagion ...
Pagina 66
... each other's noses and tearing off caps , head - dresses and petticoats . Pins and pomatum strewed the room , Emitting many a strange perfume . and not until the Riot Act had been read no 66 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
... each other's noses and tearing off caps , head - dresses and petticoats . Pins and pomatum strewed the room , Emitting many a strange perfume . and not until the Riot Act had been read no 66 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Pagina 67
... Riot Act had been read no fewer than three successive times did the fury and the violence of the fair combatants abate . Similar disturbances marked the election which took place on the death of Samuel Derrick in 1769 . The poet Gay ...
... Riot Act had been read no fewer than three successive times did the fury and the violence of the fair combatants abate . Similar disturbances marked the election which took place on the death of Samuel Derrick in 1769 . The poet Gay ...
Pagina 103
... riots and disturbances were of very frequent occurrence . ' Oh , we are very unruly here too , ' said one of the clerics , as he took a hearty draught out of his pot of beer , and 1 Wealth of Nations , book v . c . i . knocked on the ...
... riots and disturbances were of very frequent occurrence . ' Oh , we are very unruly here too , ' said one of the clerics , as he took a hearty draught out of his pot of beer , and 1 Wealth of Nations , book v . c . i . knocked on the ...
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