Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the MetropolisD. Bogue, 1855 - 800 էջ |
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... erected , level with the Strand , Adam - street , leading to John , Robert , James , and William Streets ; the noble line of houses fronting the Thames being the Adelphi Terrace . The view from this spot is almost unrivalled in the ...
... erected , level with the Strand , Adam - street , leading to John , Robert , James , and William Streets ; the noble line of houses fronting the Thames being the Adelphi Terrace . The view from this spot is almost unrivalled in the ...
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... erected next their Halls , that the almspeople might be handy to attend pageants and processions ; but these almshouses have mostly been re- moved , owing to the increased value of ground in the City . Almshouses succeeded the ...
... erected next their Halls , that the almspeople might be handy to attend pageants and processions ; but these almshouses have mostly been re- moved , owing to the increased value of ground in the City . Almshouses succeeded the ...
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... erected in his life - time . The almsmen are twenty - four poor old members of the Drapers ' Company ; and the school boards , clothes , educates , and apprentices 100 boys . In May , 1850 , there was a public dinner of persons brought ...
... erected in his life - time . The almsmen are twenty - four poor old members of the Drapers ' Company ; and the school boards , clothes , educates , and apprentices 100 boys . In May , 1850 , there was a public dinner of persons brought ...
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... erected on a smaller scale , and the garden - ground let on building leases . Next we reach Highbury , where originally stood the Barn of the Monks of Clerkenwell : hence the old name of the Tavern , Highbury Barn . Opposite Pentonville ...
... erected on a smaller scale , and the garden - ground let on building leases . Next we reach Highbury , where originally stood the Barn of the Monks of Clerkenwell : hence the old name of the Tavern , Highbury Barn . Opposite Pentonville ...
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... erected for the pur pose . Henry VII . and VIII . were fond of Tennis ; and the latter added to the palace of Whitehall " tennise - courts . " James I. recommended Tennis to his son , as becoming a prince . Charles II . was an accom ...
... erected for the pur pose . Henry VII . and VIII . were fond of Tennis ; and the latter added to the palace of Whitehall " tennise - courts . " James I. recommended Tennis to his son , as becoming a prince . Charles II . was an accom ...
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Էջ 112 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Էջ 114 - WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey : where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness that is not disagreeable.
Էջ 62 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Էջ 62 - A sight so touching in its majesty: This city now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare Ships, towers, domes, theatres. and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!
Էջ 295 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame; the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry...
Էջ 306 - Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go : Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell, They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force From Smithfield, or St.
Էջ 338 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street.
Էջ 306 - Fleet Ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Էջ 403 - Do not undervalue an enemy by whom you have been worsted. When our countrymen came home from fighting with the Saracens, and were beaten by them, they pictured them with huge, big, terrible faces as you still see the sign of the Saracen's head is, when in truth they were like other men.
Էջ 178 - John Wesley, on April 1, 1777." Probably this will be seen no more, by any human eye ; but will remain there, till the earth and the works thereof are burned up.