London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Τόμος 1J. Murray, 1891 Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham. |
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Σελίδα xiv
... original name was Atheling Street.2 Nearly fifteen centuries have passed since the Romans left this island , and still their presence haunts us . In all parts of the City the remains of their houses have been found , and much more still ...
... original name was Atheling Street.2 Nearly fifteen centuries have passed since the Romans left this island , and still their presence haunts us . In all parts of the City the remains of their houses have been found , and much more still ...
Σελίδα xv
... original inhabitants have continued for a time to carry on such trade as was possible , until the newcomers gradu- ally overcame their repugnance to walled cities and joined with them ? About 449 or 450 the invaders first settled in ...
... original inhabitants have continued for a time to carry on such trade as was possible , until the newcomers gradu- ally overcame their repugnance to walled cities and joined with them ? About 449 or 450 the invaders first settled in ...
Σελίδα xxi
... original document it appears that he was not allowed to underlet any part of the house to others . The authorities bound themselves not to use the gate as a gaol during Chaucer's life . The Chamberlain had power to enter at all times to ...
... original document it appears that he was not allowed to underlet any part of the house to others . The authorities bound themselves not to use the gate as a gaol during Chaucer's life . The Chamberlain had power to enter at all times to ...
Σελίδα 7
... original of Paul Pry , died at No. 2 James Street . The architectural effect of the Adelphi Terrace has been greatly altered by the formation of the Thames Embankment in front of it . In the Adelphi arches a battery of guns was quietly ...
... original of Paul Pry , died at No. 2 James Street . The architectural effect of the Adelphi Terrace has been greatly altered by the formation of the Thames Embankment in front of it . In the Adelphi arches a battery of guns was quietly ...
Σελίδα 13
... original name of the houses first built in the streets laid out on the site of Albemarle House . The name was derived from Christopher , second Duke of Albemarle , who , as noticed under Albemarle Street , bought the Earl of Clarendon's ...
... original name of the houses first built in the streets laid out on the site of Albemarle House . The name was derived from Christopher , second Duke of Albemarle , who , as noticed under Albemarle Street , bought the Earl of Clarendon's ...
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London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions Henry Benjamin Wheatley,Peter Cunningham Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2011 |
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Σελίδα 32 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Σελίδα 523 - The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did - in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw.
Σελίδα 529 - To fancy they could live a year! I find you're but a stranger here. The Dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme.
Σελίδα 237 - I have been many a time in the chambers in the Temple which were his, and passed up the staircase, which Johnson and Burke and Reynolds trod to see their friend, their poet, their kind Goldsmith...
Σελίδα 499 - Welcome all who lead or follow, To the Oracle of APOLLO Here he speaks out of his pottle, Or the tripos, his tower bottle : All his answers are divine, Truth itself doth flow in wine. Hang up all the poor hop-drinkers, Cries old SIM, the king of skinkers ; ' He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses.
Σελίδα 315 - It is said that when Addison had suffered any vexation from the Countess he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late and drank too much wine.
Σελίδα 107 - Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Σελίδα xxiv - Lord! what can I do? I am spent: people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.
Σελίδα 307 - Yet Burlington's fair palace still remains ; Beauty within, without proportion, reigns. Beneath his eye declining art revives, The wall with animated picture lives ; There Handel strikes the strings, the melting strain Transports the soul, and thrills through every vein ; There oft I enter, (but with cleaner shoes,) For Burlington's belov'd by every Muse.
Σελίδα 416 - By yea and nay, sir, I dare say my cousin William is become a good scholar: he is at Oxford still, is he not? SILENCE. Indeed, sir, to my cost. SHALLOW. A' must, then, to the inns o