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Londiniana; or, reminiscences of the British metropolis: including characteristic sketches, antiquarian, topographical, descriptive, and literary / By Edward Wedlake Brayley.

  • Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854.
Date:
1828-1829
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Londiniana; or, reminiscences of the British metropolis: including characteristic sketches, antiquarian, topographical, descriptive, and literary / By Edward Wedlake Brayley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OR, isemtntecentes OF THE BRITISH metropolis: including CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES, ANTIQUARIAN, TOPOGRAPHICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND LITERARY. BY EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY, F.A.S. M.R.S.L. &C. &C. “The Waies through which my weary steps! guyde, [In this Rksearche of old Antiquitie,] Are so exceeding riche and long, and wyde. And sprinckled with such sweet Varietie Of all that pleasant is to Eare or Eye, That I, nigh ravisht with rare Thought’s Delight, My tedious Travel quite forgot thereby; And when I gin to feele decay of might. It strength to me supplies and cheers my dulled Spright.” Spenser's Faerie Queene- IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. 1828.