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Page 32
... knights , and clad all in white , she got out of the castle by night , and slipping through Stephen's sentinels ( one of whom was bribed ) , made her way over the frozen Thames , up the hill opposite , and so to 32 OXFORD.
... knights , and clad all in white , she got out of the castle by night , and slipping through Stephen's sentinels ( one of whom was bribed ) , made her way over the frozen Thames , up the hill opposite , and so to 32 OXFORD.
Page 50
... night , when he mounted a horse and fled through byways to the court , while the scholars were seeking him with loud cries - ' Where is the usurer , the simonist , the plunderer of our goods , who thirsts after our gold and silver , who ...
... night , when he mounted a horse and fled through byways to the court , while the scholars were seeking him with loud cries - ' Where is the usurer , the simonist , the plunderer of our goods , who thirsts after our gold and silver , who ...
Page 53
... city . A law of Henry III . in 1233 ordains that ' watch be kept in every township at night from the day of Our Lord's Ascension to Michaelmas , by four men at least 1 if the township is small , and in proportion if GROWTH OF THE CITY 53.
... city . A law of Henry III . in 1233 ordains that ' watch be kept in every township at night from the day of Our Lord's Ascension to Michaelmas , by four men at least 1 if the township is small , and in proportion if GROWTH OF THE CITY 53.
Page 54
... night shall be arrested till morning , and , if the watch cannot arrest him , they shall raise hue and cry after him . ' Gradually the University got the charge of the night police into its own hands . In 1450 , at a time when the War ...
... night shall be arrested till morning , and , if the watch cannot arrest him , they shall raise hue and cry after him . ' Gradually the University got the charge of the night police into its own hands . In 1450 , at a time when the War ...
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... night a few oil lights . Abroad we hear of Sixtus V. , when a boy , reading by the light of the lanterns hung up at the crossing of the streets . In the houses the smoke from the charcoal fire escaped through an opening in the roof ...
... night a few oil lights . Abroad we hear of Sixtus V. , when a boy , reading by the light of the lanterns hung up at the crossing of the streets . In the houses the smoke from the charcoal fire escaped through an opening in the roof ...
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