INTRODUCTION

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TO THE

ORIGINAL DELINEATIONS,

TOPOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE,

INTITULED

THE BEAUTIES OF

England and Wales.

COMPRISING

OBSERVATIONS ON THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ERITONS; THE
ROMANS IN BRITAIN; THE ANGLO-SAXONS; THE ANGLO-DANES ;
AND THE ANGLO-NORMANS:

TOGETHER WITH

Remarks on the Progress of Ecclesiastical, Military, and
Domestic Architecture in Succeeding Ages.

BY J. NORRIS BREWER.

To be the Heralds of our Country's fame,
Our first ambition, and our dearest aim.”

LONDON:

GOUGH.

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VILLE DO

LYON

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SHERWOOD AND CO.; JOHN CUNDEE; B. AND R. CROSBY AND CO.,
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J. RIVINGTON; AND G. COWIE AND CO.