The History of London

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8. THE FIRST SAXON SETTLEMENT.9. THE SECOND SAXON SETTLEMENT.10. THE ANGLO-SAXON CITIZEN.11. THE WALL OF LONDON.12. NORMAN LONDON.

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19. THE PILGRIMS.20. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.21. THE TERROR OF LEPROSY.22. THE TERROR OF FAMINE.

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25. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.26. THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES.27. MONKS, FRIARS, AND NUNS.28. THE LONDON CHURCHES.29. THE STREETS.

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33. GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.34. THE PALACES AND GREAT HOUSES.35. AMUSEMENTS.36. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.37. THE COURT AT WESTMINSTER.38. JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENTS.39. THE POLITICAL POWER OF LONDON.

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54. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

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63. LONDON. GREATER LONDON.

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55. UNDER GEORGE II. PART I. THE WEALTH OF LONDON.

Essayists: people who write essays; that is, short compositions on any subject.

picturesqueness: beauty and grace; qualities which might be supposed to make anything a good subject for a picture.

ruffles: pieces of some white material plaited and attached as a frill to the collar and sleeves of garments.

ostentation: making a great show.

Puritanism: the more sober style of life and thought introduced by the Puritans, who were a religious party in the times of Elizabeth and the Stuarts, and were desirous of a purer and simpler doctrine and mode of living.