London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Հատոր 3T. Boys, 1824 |
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... church - yard of St. Nicholas , and contains twenty - five apartments . The other hos- pital in Church - street was built about the time of the Revolution , and consists of fifty - six apartments , with a chapel and hall . Both ...
... church - yard of St. Nicholas , and contains twenty - five apartments . The other hos- pital in Church - street was built about the time of the Revolution , and consists of fifty - six apartments , with a chapel and hall . Both ...
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... church were called in aid of the rigour of the law ; nor was this even sufficient to deter others from this gainful but fatal exercise of ingenuity : the crime was afterwards deemed high treason , and yet continued to be frequent ...
... church were called in aid of the rigour of the law ; nor was this even sufficient to deter others from this gainful but fatal exercise of ingenuity : the crime was afterwards deemed high treason , and yet continued to be frequent ...
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... his salary the stipend of organist at one of the churches . His appointment at the Bank was about the year 1748 , and in 1782 , he became chief cashier , an office which he retained until 1807 , when he resigned with a LONDON . 71.
... his salary the stipend of organist at one of the churches . His appointment at the Bank was about the year 1748 , and in 1782 , he became chief cashier , an office which he retained until 1807 , when he resigned with a LONDON . 71.
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... churches , & c .; and those duties , though for a specific purpose and a limited period , have been increased until they amount to 9s . 4d . per chaldron . Legislative enactments have frequently been deemed necessary in order to ...
... churches , & c .; and those duties , though for a specific purpose and a limited period , have been increased until they amount to 9s . 4d . per chaldron . Legislative enactments have frequently been deemed necessary in order to ...
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... church - yard , Cheapside , the Poultry , and Cornhill , in the city ; in the Strand , King - street , and Henrietta - street , Covent Garden ; Cockspur - street , Pall Mall , St. James's - street , Piccadilly , Oxford - street , and ...
... church - yard , Cheapside , the Poultry , and Cornhill , in the city ; in the Strand , King - street , and Henrietta - street , Covent Garden ; Cockspur - street , Pall Mall , St. James's - street , Piccadilly , Oxford - street , and ...
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London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Հատոր 3 Sholto Percy,Reuben Percy Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1824 |
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Էջ 190 - Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Էջ 37 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Էջ 33 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade ; 'tis that must make us a nation in India.
Էջ 117 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Էջ 30 - Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse of people with which that place is every day filled. In this case, how would he be surprised to...
Էջ 267 - Whether or no it be that the people of that parish have a particular genius for an epitaph, or that there be some poet among them who undertakes that work by the great, I cannot tell ; but there are more remarkable inscriptions in that place than...
Էջ 351 - And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty ; though but downright fools, mere wise.
Էջ 30 - In this case, how would he be surprised to hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his former dominions, and to see so many private men, who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful baron, negociating like princes for greater sums of money than were formerly to be met with in the royal treasury...
Էջ 309 - ... conclude an argument with me ; and by her handmaiden, give me three or four pieces of money, and send me unto the palace, where I should receive some victuals, and then be dismissed.
Էջ 241 - Thus raging, with oaths not to be recited, he rent in pieces the rich cope of the subprior, and trod it under his feet, and thrust him against a pillar of the chancel with such violence, that he had almost killed him...