Environs of London: Western DivisionWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1842 - 356 páginas |
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... celebrating the marriage - feast of a noble Dane . The palace , whose lofty twin towers of massive brick by the river - side attract our notice when we pass beneath Westminster Bridge , is a large pile of building exhibiting the ...
... celebrating the marriage - feast of a noble Dane . The palace , whose lofty twin towers of massive brick by the river - side attract our notice when we pass beneath Westminster Bridge , is a large pile of building exhibiting the ...
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... celebrated fig - trees , of the white Marseilles sort , planted by Cardinal Pole , and noted in their day for producing abundance of delicious fruit , no longer exist , unless we consider the small shoots growing between the buttresses ...
... celebrated fig - trees , of the white Marseilles sort , planted by Cardinal Pole , and noted in their day for producing abundance of delicious fruit , no longer exist , unless we consider the small shoots growing between the buttresses ...
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... celebrated philanthro- pist Jeremy Bentham . Eighteen acres of swamp are included within the walls ; the interior buildings are intended to immure four hundred male and a like number of female prisoners sentenced to transportation , and ...
... celebrated philanthro- pist Jeremy Bentham . Eighteen acres of swamp are included within the walls ; the interior buildings are intended to immure four hundred male and a like number of female prisoners sentenced to transportation , and ...
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... celebrated Eleanor Gwynne , mistress of Charles II . , is vulgarly sup- posed to have originated the idea of this asylum for those brave men who have worn out their strength in the service of their country . There is no shadow of ...
... celebrated Eleanor Gwynne , mistress of Charles II . , is vulgarly sup- posed to have originated the idea of this asylum for those brave men who have worn out their strength in the service of their country . There is no shadow of ...
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... celebrated member of the House of Commons ; the Duchess of Mazarin , one of the many favourites of Charles II .; Bishop Fowler , Sir Robert Walpole , Sir Richard Steele , Dr. Mead , Addison , the celebrated John Locke , and Dr. Smollett ...
... celebrated member of the House of Commons ; the Duchess of Mazarin , one of the many favourites of Charles II .; Bishop Fowler , Sir Robert Walpole , Sir Richard Steele , Dr. Mead , Addison , the celebrated John Locke , and Dr. Smollett ...
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Página 262 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Página 295 - That every man, with him, was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate.
Página 261 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Página 229 - I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there. For I remember when I began to read, and...
Página 5 - 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. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Página 295 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Página 261 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
Página 270 - My eye descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays: Thames! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity...
Página 5 - 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.
Página 145 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand: To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign, Thro...