The Public Buildings of London and Westminster Described ...John Harris, 1838 - 215 páginas |
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... or to be committed ) to all contributors , it was not rebuilt till 1449. It was a pulpit of hexago- nal form , constructed of timber , covered with lead , raised upon a flight of stone steps , ST . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL . 15.
... or to be committed ) to all contributors , it was not rebuilt till 1449. It was a pulpit of hexago- nal form , constructed of timber , covered with lead , raised upon a flight of stone steps , ST . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL . 15.
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Frederic Shoberl. lead , raised upon a flight of stone steps , and surmounted by a large cross . At this Cross , by command of Richard Duke of Gloucester , the celebrated Dr. Shaw first broached the project of that usurper to assume ...
Frederic Shoberl. lead , raised upon a flight of stone steps , and surmounted by a large cross . At this Cross , by command of Richard Duke of Gloucester , the celebrated Dr. Shaw first broached the project of that usurper to assume ...
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... stone of the new building was laid in 1675 , and the work was completed in 1710 ; being finished by one architect , under one bishop of London , and by one mason . The expense was defrayed by voluntary contribu- tions , to which King ...
... stone of the new building was laid in 1675 , and the work was completed in 1710 ; being finished by one architect , under one bishop of London , and by one mason . The expense was defrayed by voluntary contribu- tions , to which King ...
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... stone wrought in rustic . The lower division is adorned with a range of double pilasters of the Corinthian order ; while the upper is decorated by others of the composite order . The west front , facing Ludgate Hill , consists of a mag ...
... stone wrought in rustic . The lower division is adorned with a range of double pilasters of the Corinthian order ; while the upper is decorated by others of the composite order . The west front , facing Ludgate Hill , consists of a mag ...
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... stone seat runs round it along the foot of the wall . Exactly opposite to the door of entrance , several yards of this seat are covered with matting ; a person sitting on this part can hear distinctly a whisper uttered at the distance ...
... stone seat runs round it along the foot of the wall . Exactly opposite to the door of entrance , several yards of this seat are covered with matting ; a person sitting on this part can hear distinctly a whisper uttered at the distance ...
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Abbey acres adjoining adorned afterwards Aldermen ancient apartments Archbishop arches architect Bank Banqueting House beautiful BETHLEM HOSPITAL Bishop bridge building built called Cathedral centre chapel Charles Charles II Church Yard London collection columns consists contains Corporation of London court crown decorated designs by Sir Doric order Duke Earl edifice Edward Edward the Confessor elegant eminent erected executed expense feet in length fire four gallery garden gate George George III Guildhall hall handsome Henry VIII honour hospital House of Lords hundred James James's king king's Lambeth late Lollards Lord Mayor magnificent mansion Martin's le Grand ment metropolis minster monument Museum north side occupied officers original palace parliament pediment persons piers portico Portland stone Queen Elizabeth rebuilt reign residence river roof royal Sands sc Sir Thomas Gresham sovereigns spacious stone Street supported Thames theatre thousand tion Tower walls wards west side Westminster Whitehall William wings
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Página 12 - Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, " Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen?
Página 25 - 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 96 - This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of the most dreadful burning of this Protestant city, begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction, in the beginning of September, in the year of our LORD 1666, in order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the Protestant Religion, and old English Liberty, and introducing Popery and Slavery.
Página 172 - Forasmuch as the science and cunning of physic and surgery (to the perfect knowledge whereof be requisite both great learning and ripe experience) is daily within this realm exercised by a great multitude of ignorant persons, of whom the greater part have no manner of insight in the same nor in any other kind of learning...
Página 123 - If I had known the temper of the English some years past as well as I do now, I had never been obliged to leave this house.
Página 172 - Forasmuch as the science and cunning of Physick and Surgery (to the perfect knowledge of which be requisite both great learning and ripe experience) is daily within this realm exercised by a great multitude of ignorant persons, of whom...
Página 23 - Beneath lies Christopher Wren, the architect of this church and city, who lived more than ninety years, not for himself alone, but for the public. Reader, do you seek his monument ? Look around !" The Dome is supported by eight immense piers, each of them forty feet at the base.
Página 64 - There was so great a concourse of people with their children to be touched for the Evil, that six or seven were crushed to death by pressing at the chirurgeon's door for tickets.
Página 172 - ... it was ordered that no one should practise as surgeon or physician in the city of London, or within seven miles of it, until he had been first examined, approved, and admitted by the Bishop of London or the Dean of St. Paul's, who were to call in to assist them in the examination " four doctors of physic, and of surgery other expert persons in that faculty.
Página 42 - That if the City would give him a piece of ground in a commodious spot, he would erect an Exchange at his own expense, with large and covered walks, wherein the Merchants and Traders might daily assemble, and transact business at all seasons, without interruption from the weather, or impediments of any kind/ This offer was accepted ; and in 1566, various buildings, houses, tenements, &c.