Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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... river ; and our own Benjamin Franklin lived for some time just here in Craven Street . No reader of criminal annals or of contempo- raneous history is ignorant of Scotland Yard , the famous headquarters of the London police , whose ...
... river ; and our own Benjamin Franklin lived for some time just here in Craven Street . No reader of criminal annals or of contempo- raneous history is ignorant of Scotland Yard , the famous headquarters of the London police , whose ...
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... river - side , and the great pile which to - day stands where once stood the ancient palace of Anglo - Saxon , Norman , Plantagenet , and Tudor kings , where Ed- ward the Confessor and Edward IV . drew their last breath , and the great ...
... river - side , and the great pile which to - day stands where once stood the ancient palace of Anglo - Saxon , Norman , Plantagenet , and Tudor kings , where Ed- ward the Confessor and Edward IV . drew their last breath , and the great ...
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... river front is nevertheless exceedingly imposing , being of great length and profusely adorned with statues of the whole long line of English monarchs , from the Conqueror to Victoria . North of the Hall is New Palace Yard , and south ...
... river front is nevertheless exceedingly imposing , being of great length and profusely adorned with statues of the whole long line of English monarchs , from the Conqueror to Victoria . North of the Hall is New Palace Yard , and south ...
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... first view of the Avon was from the lofty windows in the steep outer wall of the castle ; and the prospect of vale and river in this di- rection is too exquisite for words . We had rung the door - bell of the castle , as Warwickshire 83.
... first view of the Avon was from the lofty windows in the steep outer wall of the castle ; and the prospect of vale and river in this di- rection is too exquisite for words . We had rung the door - bell of the castle , as Warwickshire 83.
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... river , but we outwitted him , and turned to the left by Barford , and so past the lodge - gate of Charlecote Park , where we are told that wild young Will trespassed on the grounds of " Justice Shallow . " The gate was locked ; but the ...
... river , but we outwitted him , and turned to the left by Barford , and so past the lodge - gate of Charlecote Park , where we are told that wild young Will trespassed on the grounds of " Justice Shallow . " The gate was locked ; but the ...
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Էջ 293 - TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost.
Էջ 66 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Էջ 292 - UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, SIDNEY'S sister, PEMBROKE'S mother ; Death ! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Էջ 230 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Էջ 231 - The world, surely, has not another place like Oxford ; it is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it, for it would take a lifetime and more than one, to comprehend and enjoy it satisfactorily.
Էջ 171 - The Prelate of Durham became one, and the more important, of the only two English prelates whose worldly franchises invested them with some faint shadow of the sovereign powers enjoyed by the princely churchmen of the Empire.
Էջ 70 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Էջ 143 - ' Lowland Scotland as a distinct nationality came in with two warriors and went out with two bards. It came in with William Wallace and Robert Bruce, and went out with Robert Burns and Walter Scott. The first two made the history ; the last two told the story and sang the song.
Էջ 39 - In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.