The original Picture of London, enlarged and improved. (Re-ed. by J. Britton). (Re-ed. by J. Britton).1829 |
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... edifice appropriated to St. George's Hospital . It is a commodious and handsome build- ing , from the designs of R. Smirke , Esq . Near it , and forming an entrance lodge to the Palace gar- dens , is a bold , large , and highly ...
... edifice appropriated to St. George's Hospital . It is a commodious and handsome build- ing , from the designs of R. Smirke , Esq . Near it , and forming an entrance lodge to the Palace gar- dens , is a bold , large , and highly ...
Página xxiv
... edifice of singular construc- tion , destined for the public display of two pictures . * This building , very similar in design , and nearly as large , as the Pantheon at Rome , is 130 feet in diameter by 110 feet in height . It is ...
... edifice of singular construc- tion , destined for the public display of two pictures . * This building , very similar in design , and nearly as large , as the Pantheon at Rome , is 130 feet in diameter by 110 feet in height . It is ...
Página xxix
... edifice con- siderable taste and science . When completed , it is intended to consist of a central part , and two wings projecting at right angles from the extremities of the former . The first portion only of this is at pre- sent ...
... edifice con- siderable taste and science . When completed , it is intended to consist of a central part , and two wings projecting at right angles from the extremities of the former . The first portion only of this is at pre- sent ...
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... edifice destroyed . In the years 1563 and 1564 , more than 20,000 persons died in London of the plague . Bills of Mortality were now first intro- duced , to give timely notice of the progress of this alarm- ing disease . Coaches were ...
... edifice destroyed . In the years 1563 and 1564 , more than 20,000 persons died in London of the plague . Bills of Mortality were now first intro- duced , to give timely notice of the progress of this alarm- ing disease . Coaches were ...
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... edifice , when thousands of voices united in the ex- pression of devout thankfulness to Heaven , was sublimely affecting . The illuminations which followed were , per- haps , the most splendid , and certainly the most universal , that ...
... edifice , when thousands of voices united in the ex- pression of devout thankfulness to Heaven , was sublimely affecting . The illuminations which followed were , per- haps , the most splendid , and certainly the most universal , that ...
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ancient annual arches architect architectural Bank Bishopsgate Blackfriars Borough Bridge British building built centre Chancery Chapel Charles Cheapside Church City of London Clerkenwell Coffee-House columns commenced Company consists Cornhill Court Covent Garden designs ditto Duke Earl east edifice Edward erected establishment exhibition extended feet Fleet Street front gallery George George's grand Gray's Inn Guildhall Hall handsome Henry Henry VIII Hill Holborn Hospital House Institution Ionic order James James's John King King's Lane late Lincoln's Lombard Street lord mayor Majesty mansion ment metropolis Middlesex miles monuments Office ornamented Oxford-street painted Palace Pall Mall parish Park Parliament Paul's persons Piccadilly portico present principal prison Queen Regent Street reign river Road Royal School seat side Smithfield Society Soho Somerset Place Southwark spacious Square stone Strand Surrey Tavern Temple Thames Theatre tion Tower village Westminster Whitechapel William Yard
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Página 465 - ... prosecutes, or be committed to the house of correction and kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding three calendar months, nor less than one.
Página 215 - To preserve testimony, when in danger of being lost, before the matter to which it relates can be made the subject of judicial investigation.
Página 295 - ... the British Museum Sion College the Bodleian Library at Oxford the Public Library at Cambridge the library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, the libraries of the four universities of Scotland Trinity College Library and the King's Inns...
Página 398 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Página 246 - But she too soon learnt how fatal it is for any one in .a dependent situation to exceed the limits of their authority ; for her master, on his return, was enraged at finding that they had gone beyond his orders, renounced his engagement to his servant, and devoted his ample fortune to public charity.
Página 251 - City of London Truss Society, for the Relief of the Ruptured Poor, throughout the Kingdom, Grocers
Página 217 - The primary and original business of this court is to call the king's debtors to account, by bill filed by the attorney-general ; and to recover any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, any goods, chattels, or other profits or benefits belonging to the crown.
Página 341 - Fourth, for the, advancement of literature — by the publication of inedited remains of ancient literature, and of such works, as may be of great intrinsic value, but not of that popular character which usually claims the attention of publishers...
Página 286 - Society for the Support and Encouragement of Sunday Schools throughout the British Dominions.
Página 182 - Arcadius), found here in 1777, that the Romans had a fort on this spot. The tower is governed by the Constable of the Tower, who at coronations and other state ceremonies has the custody of the regalia. The principal entrance is on the west, and is wide enough to admit a carriage.