Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the MetropolisD. Bogue, 1855 - 800 sivua |
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... formerly appropriated to Hazard being remarkably dark , and on that account called " hell . " A few years ago there were more of these infamous places of resort in London than in any other city in the world . The handsome gas - lamp and ...
... formerly appropriated to Hazard being remarkably dark , and on that account called " hell . " A few years ago there were more of these infamous places of resort in London than in any other city in the world . The handsome gas - lamp and ...
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... formerly attached to the gaming - house , or Shavers ' Hall , or Piccadilly Hall . Another famous Tennis Court was Gibbon's , in Clare Market , where Killigrew's come- dians performed for some time . There are in Holborn , Blackfriars ...
... formerly attached to the gaming - house , or Shavers ' Hall , or Piccadilly Hall . Another famous Tennis Court was Gibbon's , in Clare Market , where Killigrew's come- dians performed for some time . There are in Holborn , Blackfriars ...
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... formerly " a Bagnio , or Place for Sweating ; " in Arabic " Hammam . " The Floating Baths upon the Thames in plan remind one of the Folly described by Tom Brown as " a musical summer - house , " usually 1. chored opposite Somerset House ...
... formerly " a Bagnio , or Place for Sweating ; " in Arabic " Hammam . " The Floating Baths upon the Thames in plan remind one of the Folly described by Tom Brown as " a musical summer - house , " usually 1. chored opposite Somerset House ...
Sivu 43
... formerly used are also shewn as curiosities . The basement and three floors are divided into galleries . The improved management was introduced about 1816. The patients employ themselves in knitting and tailoring , in laundry - work ...
... formerly used are also shewn as curiosities . The basement and three floors are divided into galleries . The improved management was introduced about 1816. The patients employ themselves in knitting and tailoring , in laundry - work ...
Sivu 45
... formerly a hamlet of Stepney , but made a parish St. Matthew ) in 1743. The old English ballad of The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green has given the district a long celebrity ; the story " decorates not only the sign posts of the publicans ...
... formerly a hamlet of Stepney , but made a parish St. Matthew ) in 1743. The old English ballad of The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green has given the district a long celebrity ; the story " decorates not only the sign posts of the publicans ...
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acres adjoining ancient arches arms bells Bishop brick Bridge building built burnt bust carved centre century chapel Charles Charles II Christ's Hospital church City Clerkenwell Coffee-house collection College columns commenced Company Court Covent Garden Duke Earl east Edward Edward III Elizabeth England entrance erected feet high Fire Fleet-street formerly front gallery garden gate George George III Gray's Inn Hall Henry VIII Holborn Hospital House Inigo Jones Islington James James's James's Park King King's Lady Lincoln's Inn London London Bridge Lord Mayor mansion marble Mary metropolis monument Museum nearly occupied Office originally painted palace parish Park Paul's portraits present Prince prison Queen rebuilt reign Richard Richard II Roman roof Royal sculptured side Sir John Sir Thomas Society Somerset House Southwark statue stone Stow street Tavern temp Temple Thames Theatre tower walls Westminster William Wren
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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!
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 338 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.