London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Τόμος 1Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham. |
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Σελίδα 39
Lord Stavordale , not one and twenty , lost £ 11,000 there last Tuesday , but
recovered it by one great hand at hazard : he swore a great oath . Now if I had
been playing deep , I might have won millions . - Walpole to Mann , February 2 ,
1770 ...
Lord Stavordale , not one and twenty , lost £ 11,000 there last Tuesday , but
recovered it by one great hand at hazard : he swore a great oath . Now if I had
been playing deep , I might have won millions . - Walpole to Mann , February 2 ,
1770 ...
Σελίδα 40
For about twenty years before he died ( except his imprisonment ) he [ James
Harrington , author of Oceana ) lived in the Little Ambry ( a faire house on the left
hand ) , which lookes into the Dean's Yard in Westminster . In the upper story he ...
For about twenty years before he died ( except his imprisonment ) he [ James
Harrington , author of Oceana ) lived in the Little Ambry ( a faire house on the left
hand ) , which lookes into the Dean's Yard in Westminster . In the upper story he ...
Σελίδα 46
The honest old citizen and chronicler is represented sitting with a book on a table
before him , and a pen in his hand . The figure is cramped , but the head has an
air and character which marks it out for a likeness . There was once a railing ...
The honest old citizen and chronicler is represented sitting with a book on a table
before him , and a pen in his hand . The figure is cramped , but the head has an
air and character which marks it out for a likeness . There was once a railing ...
Σελίδα 52
But pigs were often seized which were unfit for the shambles , and those it came
to be custom to hand over to the proctor of St. Anthony's i Clarendon's History of
the Rebellion , ed . 1826 , vol . i . p . 331 . Hospital , who fastened a bell to the ...
But pigs were often seized which were unfit for the shambles , and those it came
to be custom to hand over to the proctor of St. Anthony's i Clarendon's History of
the Rebellion , ed . 1826 , vol . i . p . 331 . Hospital , who fastened a bell to the ...
Σελίδα 55
The arms of the Company— “ Azure , Apollo in his glory , holding in his left hand
a bow , in his right an arrow , all or , bestriding Python the serpent , argent , ” —
were probably of the King's suggestion . In the hall is a small good portrait of ...
The arms of the Company— “ Azure , Apollo in his glory , holding in his left hand
a bow , in his right an arrow , all or , bestriding Python the serpent , argent , ” —
were probably of the King's suggestion . In the hall is a small good portrait of ...
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