Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the English (1813)
Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean by Howlett and Brimmer · leaf 43
ied with various kinds offish. The fishermen are a bold, hardy class of men, andnecessarily exposed to great fatigues and dangers in thewinter months, particularly on the eastern shores, wherenumbers of them often perish by storms setting in sud-denly from the eastward. Their boats are of a strong… … ENGLAIVH) -ft.atf. PiU>UJh.d J.m>! 1III.1. hyJ.if-irr.iy.jllhemarU .ftrcet. PLATE IX. FIREMAN. The first regular, and permanent establishment for in-surance of property against accidental conflagration, wasformed in the year 1698, and named the Haud-in-HandInsurance-Office; this, however was…
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