London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Հատոր 3T. Boys, 1824 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 54–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 3
... nearly two millions sterling , flourished when degeneracy had sunk the Roman power with a rapidity which could never have occurred to a people , possessing the solid opulence and vigour which the industrious and steady habits of trade ...
... nearly two millions sterling , flourished when degeneracy had sunk the Roman power with a rapidity which could never have occurred to a people , possessing the solid opulence and vigour which the industrious and steady habits of trade ...
Էջ 11
... nearly eighteen millions and a half , and the imports nearly fifteen millions . Large as this sum may appear , it has since been more than quadrupled . During the war our vessels had nearly the whole carrying trade of Europe , and Great ...
... nearly eighteen millions and a half , and the imports nearly fifteen millions . Large as this sum may appear , it has since been more than quadrupled . During the war our vessels had nearly the whole carrying trade of Europe , and Great ...
Էջ 16
... nearly stationary , although commerce had greatly increased : the late reign was one , how- ever , in which great skill and ingenuity were displayed in inventing means to increase the revenue and although the " official value of the ...
... nearly stationary , although commerce had greatly increased : the late reign was one , how- ever , in which great skill and ingenuity were displayed in inventing means to increase the revenue and although the " official value of the ...
Էջ 18
... nearly five feet , they can easily be distinguished from the terrace . Between the entablatures is an inscription recording the date of the erection , surmounted by a large sun - dial , which is sustained by two recumbent figures of ...
... nearly five feet , they can easily be distinguished from the terrace . Between the entablatures is an inscription recording the date of the erection , surmounted by a large sun - dial , which is sustained by two recumbent figures of ...
Էջ 19
... nearly 200,000l . The business of the customs is under the direction of thirteen commissioners , two of whom fill the offices of chairman and deputy chairman ; a secretary , clerks , and a great number of officers . THE TRINITY HOUSE ...
... nearly 200,000l . The business of the customs is under the direction of thirteen commissioners , two of whom fill the offices of chairman and deputy chairman ; a secretary , clerks , and a great number of officers . THE TRINITY HOUSE ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Հատոր 3 Sholto Percy,Reuben Percy Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1824 |
London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State Sholto Percy Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbey afterwards amount ancient appears architecture Bank of England Bartholomew Fair benevolent Bethlem Hospital British building built called celebrated century chapel charity Charles Charles II charter Christ's Hospital church commerce contains court docks Duke East India edifice Edward elegant erected established exhibition exports extensive fair feet fire formed formerly gallery gardens George hall Henry VIII honour hospital hundred institution interior Ionic order James Kensington Palace King King's liberal London magnificent majesty master ment merchants metropolis millions monarch nearly opened ornamented painted palace parliament period persons Post-office present Prince principal prison Queen Elizabeth rebuilt reign residence revenue royal Sir Christopher Wren Smithfield society sold spacious splendid stone theatre thousand tion Tower trade Trinity House upwards walls West West India Docks Westminster whole William Windsor Castle
Սիրված հատվածներ
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...