Tales of an Antiquary: Chiefly Illustrative of the Manners, Traditions, and Remarkable Localities of Ancient London, Том 3H. Colburn, 1828 |
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Стр. 192 - Out upon Time ! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ! Out upon Time ! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve...
Стр. 92 - OH ! weep for the hour, When to Eveleen's bower The Lord of the Valley with false vows came ; The moon hid her light From the heavens that night, And wept behind her clouds o'er the maiden's shame.
Стр. 298 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some who deny it with their tongues confess it by their fears.
Стр. 157 - ... wives, husbands, children, masters, servants, lives, blood, bodies, souls, silver, gold, pearls, precious stones, and what not. And, moreover, at this fair, there is at all times to be seen jugglings, cheats, games, plays, fools, apes, knaves, and rogues, and that of every kind.
Стр. 169 - ... silk court-hat, which he wore while all around him were uncovered ; the numerous suite, as well of gentlemen as of guards, which marshalled him along ; the obsequious attention of a short, stout person who, by his flourishing manner, seemed to be a player; — all these particulars indicated that the amiable Frederick, Prince of Wales, was visiting Bartholomew Fair by torchlight, and that manager Rich was introducing his royal guest to all the amusements of the place.
Стр. 168 - ... frock coat, very richly guarded with gold lace, and having his long flowing hair curiously curled over his forehead and at the sides, and finished with a very large bag and courtly queue behind.
Стр. 93 - Piccadilly, coming in and going out," &c. The general construction of these vehicles is thus described in the " Tales of an Antiquary :" " They were principally of a dull black leather, thickly studded, by way of ornament, with black broad-headed nails, tracing out the panels, in the upper tier of which were four oval windows, with heavy red wooden frames, or leathern curtains.
Стр. 168 - George ! make way for the prince !' and there was that long sweep heard to pass over the ground, which indicates the approach of a grand and ceremonious train. Presently the pressure became much greater, the voices louder, the light stronger, and as the train came onward, it might be seen that it consisted, firstly, of a party of yeomen of the guards clearing the way ; then several more of them bearing flambeaux, and flanking the procession ; while in the midst of all appeared a tall, fair, and handsome...
Стр. 94 - The wheels of these old carriages were large, massive, ill-formed, and usually of a red colour ; and the three horses that were affixed to the whole machine — the foremost of which was helped onward by carrying a huge long-legged elf of a...
Стр. 298 - I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which...