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Lavenham, or _Lanham_, a small town north of Sudbury, was once eminent for its manufactures, when there were eight or nine cloth-halls in the place, inhabited by rich clothiers. The De Veres, Earls of Oxford, whose names are blazoned in our history, held the manor from the rei...
There is a class of travelling oddities--the dandy _voyageurs_ of Britain, who, teeming with the proud consciousness of their excellence in comparison with the rest of human kin...
3. Part 3_Influence of Coffee upon the Spirits_. If coffee had been known among the Greeks and Romans, Homer would have taken his lyre to celebrate its virtues; Horace and Juvenal would...
1. Part 1Lavenham, or _Lanham_, a small town north of Sudbury, was once eminent for its manufactures, when there were eight or nine cloth-halls in the place, inhabited by rich clothiers....
4. Part 4The monk on seeing him reminded him of the words of the last conversation they had had together--"_You cannot convince me, I am still an Atheist_." Instead of replying, Byron re...