London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Nide 2T. Boys, 1824 |
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Sivu 13
... stone buildings , which Wil- liam of Malmsbury tells us were deemed miraculous by the Britons , had not yet formed a part of ecclesi- astical architecture ; and that it became for the period no mean structure we may infer , since ...
... stone buildings , which Wil- liam of Malmsbury tells us were deemed miraculous by the Britons , had not yet formed a part of ecclesi- astical architecture ; and that it became for the period no mean structure we may infer , since ...
Sivu 15
... stones with which the votaries of the saint had enriched it , were " the best sapphire stones " of Richard Preston , of London , grocer ; who , confiding in the reputed virtues of this class of gems , ordered that they should " there ...
... stones with which the votaries of the saint had enriched it , were " the best sapphire stones " of Richard Preston , of London , grocer ; who , confiding in the reputed virtues of this class of gems , ordered that they should " there ...
Sivu 16
... stone to mark the spot . He died so poor , that his body was buried by stealth , to prevent its being arrested . The celebration of obsequies for persons of rank , once formed a peculiar and a very profitable privilege of St. Paul's ...
... stone to mark the spot . He died so poor , that his body was buried by stealth , to prevent its being arrested . The celebration of obsequies for persons of rank , once formed a peculiar and a very profitable privilege of St. Paul's ...
Sivu 19
... stones at crows , or any birds making their nests thereabouts ; or , to play at handball , either within or without it . " After the battle of Bosworth - field , which gave to the Earl of Richmond a victory and a crown , the king , on ...
... stones at crows , or any birds making their nests thereabouts ; or , to play at handball , either within or without it . " After the battle of Bosworth - field , which gave to the Earl of Richmond a victory and a crown , the king , on ...
Sivu 25
... stones and of men , with a vast confusion of languages , and were the steeple not sanctified , no more like Babel . The noise in it , is like that of bees , a strange hum- ming of buzz , mixed of walking tongues and feet . It is a kind ...
... stones and of men , with a vast confusion of languages , and were the steeple not sanctified , no more like Babel . The noise in it , is like that of bees , a strange hum- ming of buzz , mixed of walking tongues and feet . It is a kind ...
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afterwards aldermen ancient appear appointed archbishop arches armour arms Artillery Company attended beggars bishop of London body bridge building called cathedral Chancery chapel Charles church citizens city of London commenced common crown death dome Duke Earl Edward VI England erected executed exercise feet fell fire flames formed formerly fortress garden ground hall Henry VIII honour Honourable Artillery Company horse hundred inhabitants inn of chancery inns of court James king less Lincoln's Lincoln's Inn lord mayor majesty mansion Mary master ment metropolis Middle Temple military monarch monument night occasion occupied officers palace parish parliament Paul's cross period persons plague present Prince principal prison reign of Edward reign of Henry residence river royal says shillings Sir Christopher Wren Sir John Sir Thomas stone streets Temple Thames tion Tower Tower-hill trained bands walls wards Westminster whole William
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Sivu 292 - 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 of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches...
Sivu 160 - Will I upon thy party wear this rose : And here I prophesy ; — This brawl to-day Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Sivu 39 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Sivu 247 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Sivu 41 - Europe, as not long before repaired by the late king) now rent in pieces, flakes of vast stone split asunder, and nothing remaining entire but the inscription in the architrave, showing by whom it was built, which had not one letter of it defaced.
Sivu 141 - To where 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 60 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Sivu 292 - ... houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like...
Sivu 33 - It is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen here at all rates and sizes. It is the general mint of all famous lies, which are here like the legends of popery, first coined and stamped in the church. All inventions are emptied here, and not few pockets. The best sign of a temple in it is, that it is the thieves...
Sivu 33 - without exceptions, but the principal inhabitants and ' possessors are stale knights and captains out of service ; ' men of long rapiers and breeches, which after all turn ' merchants here, and traffick for news.