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History of lace (1902)

Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Dryden, Alice, Jourdain, Margaret · London : Sampson Low, Marston · leaf 619

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ointdAiigleterre en Flaudres, Picardie et Champagne, on nentire plus de Londres pour la France. Great distress, too, is said to have existed among iheHoniton lace-makers after the two great fires of 1756 and1767. The second was of so devastating a character thatthe town had to be rebuilt. Shawe… … aspect, and the principal street, extending from east to west,is paved in a remarkable manner, forming a canal, w^ellshouldered up on each side with pebbles -and green turf,which holds a stream of clear water with a square dippingplace opposite each door, a mark of cleanliness and con-venience I…

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