London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 1W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... queen Elizabeth's reign . " I shall next observe another old building of the Romans , which was a watch - tower , then and now called Barbican . It is mentioned by John Stow ; but nothing remains of this an- tique building except the ...
... queen Elizabeth's reign . " I shall next observe another old building of the Romans , which was a watch - tower , then and now called Barbican . It is mentioned by John Stow ; but nothing remains of this an- tique building except the ...
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... Queen's Head Tavern ) of St. John's Lane , at the end of Peter Street , not to specify several houses besides , which I rather leave to the curiosity of others . " And for a further confirmation of this my opinion , I desire you to be ...
... Queen's Head Tavern ) of St. John's Lane , at the end of Peter Street , not to specify several houses besides , which I rather leave to the curiosity of others . " And for a further confirmation of this my opinion , I desire you to be ...
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... Queen Maud , consort to Henry I. built an hospital for lepers in St. Giles's in the Fields * , and another for poor . maimed people near the north gate of the city , which from this foundation and benefaction , has always since that ...
... Queen Maud , consort to Henry I. built an hospital for lepers in St. Giles's in the Fields * , and another for poor . maimed people near the north gate of the city , which from this foundation and benefaction , has always since that ...
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... queen Maud , taking upon them the brotherhood and participation of the benefits of that house , by the hands of Norman the prior ; and did put the said prior in seisin thereof by the church of St. Botolph , which was built thereon : and ...
... queen Maud , taking upon them the brotherhood and participation of the benefits of that house , by the hands of Norman the prior ; and did put the said prior in seisin thereof by the church of St. Botolph , which was built thereon : and ...
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... queen on the other , it is not to be wondered at , when we find the city torn by the contending adherents of the prevailing party . And though we pity the sufferings of a monarch , who was more imbecile than vicious , and despise the ...
... queen on the other , it is not to be wondered at , when we find the city torn by the contending adherents of the prevailing party . And though we pity the sufferings of a monarch , who was more imbecile than vicious , and despise the ...
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Page 480 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 487 - N. do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.
Page 158 - God's goodness the same is perceived to be in better estate universally, than hath bren in man's memory ; yet where there are such great multitudes of people brought to inhabit in small rooms, whereof a great part are seen very poor, yea, such as must live of begging or by worse means, and they heaped up together, and in a sort smothered, with many families of children and servants in one house or small tenement...
Page 479 - ... of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?" — King or queen,
Page 462 - Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto His Divine Mercy, the late Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, GEORGE THE FOURTH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ; King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh.
Page 364 - House should on that day week resolve itself into a committee ' to consider of the most proper methods for the better security and improvement of the duties and revenues already charged upon and payable from tobacco and wines.
Page vii - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Page vii - Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse of people with which that place is every day filled. In this case, how would he be...
Page 180 - I thought you so ungracious as to use it in public assemblies ; and yet I see it grow so much in fashion, that methinks your children begin to play with broken pipes instead of corals, to make way for their teeth.