Metropolitan Improvements; Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a Series of Views, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis & Its VicinityJones, 1827 - 316 էջ |
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... stone were attempted by the Saxons till the year 680 , and even the churches and monasteries were principally of wood , till the reign of Edgar in 974 . In the year 764 London suffered very considerably by fire , and in 798 it was ...
... stone were attempted by the Saxons till the year 680 , and even the churches and monasteries were principally of wood , till the reign of Edgar in 974 . In the year 764 London suffered very considerably by fire , and in 798 it was ...
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... stone , with party walls , and covered with slates or tiles , was renewed . In the same year , the king granted a considerable sum towards building the new abbey church at Westminster . A common seal , which in fact , if not in name ...
... stone , with party walls , and covered with slates or tiles , was renewed . In the same year , the king granted a considerable sum towards building the new abbey church at Westminster . A common seal , which in fact , if not in name ...
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... stone and proclaiming himself " Lord of London . " He exercised sovereignty within the city , and put the lords Say and Cromer to death without trial . The citizens incensed at the conduct of some of his followers , who had plundered ...
... stone and proclaiming himself " Lord of London . " He exercised sovereignty within the city , and put the lords Say and Cromer to death without trial . The citizens incensed at the conduct of some of his followers , who had plundered ...
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... stone , being previously only a mud fort , and a battery opposite to it at Gravesend , and the city was this year visited with a violent attack of the plague , that carried off many of its inhabitants . In 1545 the twelve chief ...
... stone , being previously only a mud fort , and a battery opposite to it at Gravesend , and the city was this year visited with a violent attack of the plague , that carried off many of its inhabitants . In 1545 the twelve chief ...
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... stones , and one of them threw a dagger at him with so good an aim that it stuck in the pulpit . In the first year of her reign , Mary demanded a loan of £ 20,000 from the city , which was levied upon the aldermen and 120 of the chief ...
... stones , and one of them threw a dagger at him with so good an aim that it stuck in the pulpit . In the first year of her reign , Mary demanded a loan of £ 20,000 from the city , which was levied upon the aldermen and 120 of the chief ...
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Metropolitan Improvements: Or London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a ... James Elmes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1829 |
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Էջ 12 - So proud, so grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down...
Էջ 23 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Էջ 114 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Էջ 123 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 143 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Էջ xxx - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Էջ 136 - The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without any original plan or design; but they are not always the less pleasant to the walker or spectator, on that account. On the contrary, if the city had been built on the regular plan of Sir Christopher Wren, the effect might have been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust.
Էջ 32 - The study of this department of our art, convenience, particularly in domestic architecture, is one of the most useful, and at the same time, one of the most difficult parts of an architect's profession.
Էջ 44 - Look on our right how the huge cupola of the Coliseum spreads its ample rotunda among the groves of mansions, pleasure grounds and squares. See the bizarre minarets of Sussex Place on our...
Էջ 105 - Inigo Jones, the king's chief architect. Of the principal reformers of taste among the learned and noble men of this period, the great LORD CHANCELLOR BACON stands in the foremost rank ; and his published opinions on architecture and gardening, are decisive proofs of the correctness of his taste. His maxim, that houses are built to live in and not to look on, should never be forgotten by the domestic architect ; and his description of a palace, in opposition to such huge buildings as the Vatican,...