londra

Updated: June 25, 2025

Well, in Londra, nor virtue, nor honour, nor wisdom, is worth anything without money." Sheikh Ali. "The Devil take the world, it's all alike. So here, so there. Why did God make money? How wretched is the world." So this philosopher of The Desert continued. Returning, I bade the ancient Sheikh an affectionate adieu. In the streets, people appeared to be fasting, as in the most rigid Ramadan.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

Ho veduto prima del mio partire piu squadre di soldati andar per Londra cercando donne di allegra vita, imbarcandone 1,200 sopre tre vascelli per tragittarle all' isola, a fine di far propagazione.

Hilaire Belloc - The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans: to the Accession of King George the Fifth: Volume 8

London, the head and metropolis of England: called by Tacitus, Londinium; by Ptolemy, Logidinium; by Ammianus Marcellinus, Lundinium; by foreigners, Londra, and Londres; it is the seat of the British Empire, and the chamber of the English kings. This most ancient city is the the county of Middlesex, the fruitfullest and wholesomest soil in England.

Paul Hentzner - Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and Fragmenta regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favourites