London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volumen 4W. Stratford, 1807 |
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... palace of several English monarchs , as early as the reign of king John , and had been formed out of the remains of a castle , which stood near the Thames . In 1087 , William I. gave many of the choicest materials towards rebuilding St ...
... palace of several English monarchs , as early as the reign of king John , and had been formed out of the remains of a castle , which stood near the Thames . In 1087 , William I. gave many of the choicest materials towards rebuilding St ...
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... palace in six weeks , in a most magnificent manner , for the reception of the emperor Charles V. who visited England that year : but after all Henry's extravagant expence , Charles chose to lodge in the mo- nastery of the Black Friars ...
... palace in six weeks , in a most magnificent manner , for the reception of the emperor Charles V. who visited England that year : but after all Henry's extravagant expence , Charles chose to lodge in the mo- nastery of the Black Friars ...
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... palace of Bridewell , which might be ser- viceable for the excellent purpose he intended , and which one of those courtiers was about to purchase , Ridley wrote a letter to Sir William Cecil , the king's secretary , whom he knew to be ...
... palace of Bridewell , which might be ser- viceable for the excellent purpose he intended , and which one of those courtiers was about to purchase , Ridley wrote a letter to Sir William Cecil , the king's secretary , whom he knew to be ...
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... palace . The last remnant of that structure , which crossed the quadrangle from north to south , is now covered by a plain chapel . The front of the hospital is converted to a row of stately houses , the centre of which is a stone front ...
... palace . The last remnant of that structure , which crossed the quadrangle from north to south , is now covered by a plain chapel . The front of the hospital is converted to a row of stately houses , the centre of which is a stone front ...
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... palace ; and it shews that Eliza- beth partook sometimes of the spirit of her father , the ab- solute Henry , when she , could forget herself so far as to write the following letter to bishop Cox , demanding of him to surrender the ...
... palace ; and it shews that Eliza- beth partook sometimes of the spirit of her father , the ab- solute Henry , when she , could forget herself so far as to write the following letter to bishop Cox , demanding of him to surrender the ...
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adjoining adorned afterwards annum antient appears arch beautiful belonging bishop bishop of London building built called chancellor Chancery chapel charity Charles Charles II city of London Corinthian order court crown daughter died dress duke earl east Edward Edward VI elegant England entablature erected expence feet formerly front gallery garden gentlemen George gold Gray's Inn ground hall handsome Henry VIII honour hospital hundred inhabitants Inigo Jones Inner Temple inscription Ionic order James justice king king's knight lady Lane late lord chancellor lord mayor magnificent mansion marble Mary Master memory ment monument north side ornamented painted palace parish parliament pediment persons pilasters pillars poor present prince queen Elizabeth reign residence Richard royal Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William south side Southwark spacious square stone Street Temple tion tower Tuscan order wall wards Westminster whole
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Página 546 - ... next came the queen, in the sixtyfifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...
Página 362 - For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Página 52 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Página 295 - No more the Grecian muse unrivall'd reigns, To Britain let the nations homage pay : She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray.
Página 51 - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish...
Página 234 - Serjeant at Arms ; a Physician ; an Apothecary ; four Minstrels ; a Keeper of his Tents ; an Armourer ; an Instructor of his Wards ; two Yeomen in his Wardrobe ; and a Keeper of his chamber in the court.
Página 303 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Página 296 - To paint fair Nature, by divine command, Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakespeare rose : then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick call'd them back to day: And till Eternity with power...
Página 542 - VIII. is alluded to in a print of a naked Englishman holding a piece of cloth hanging on his right arm, and a pair of shears in his left hand.
Página 465 - ... the flame round about, and in a very short space the whole building was quite consumed, and no man hurt ; the house being filled with people to behold the play, viz, of 'Henry the Eighth:' and the next spring it was new builded in far fairer manner than before.