Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its PlacesCassell, Petter & Galpin, 1873 - London (England) |
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... stood on the site of St. Paul's . A stone altar , with a rude figure of the amazon goddess sculptured upon it , was indeed discovered in making the foundations for Goldsmiths ' Hall , Cheapside ; but this was a mere votive or private ...
... stood on the site of St. Paul's . A stone altar , with a rude figure of the amazon goddess sculptured upon it , was indeed discovered in making the foundations for Goldsmiths ' Hall , Cheapside ; but this was a mere votive or private ...
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... stood singing men and children - the Fleet Street conduit all the time running claret . The old gate figured more conspicuously the day before the coronation of that wondrous child , Edward VI . Two hogs- heads of wine were then ladled ...
... stood singing men and children - the Fleet Street conduit all the time running claret . The old gate figured more conspicuously the day before the coronation of that wondrous child , Edward VI . Two hogs- heads of wine were then ladled ...
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... stood in triumph on the roof of the gate . The Lord Mayor and Aldermen , in scarlet gowns , welcomed the queen and delivered up the City sword , then on her return they took horse and rode before her . The City Companies lined the north ...
... stood in triumph on the roof of the gate . The Lord Mayor and Aldermen , in scarlet gowns , welcomed the queen and delivered up the City sword , then on her return they took horse and rode before her . The City Companies lined the north ...
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... stood godfather to his child . Troops were to be sent from France ; barricades were to be thrown up all over London . The Jacobites had calculated that the Government had only 14,000 men to meet them 3,000 of these would be wanted to ...
... stood godfather to his child . Troops were to be sent from France ; barricades were to be thrown up all over London . The Jacobites had calculated that the Government had only 14,000 men to meet them 3,000 of these would be wanted to ...
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... stood at Poet's Corner , I said to him , - " Observe the banner which would all enslave , Which misled traytors did so proudly wave : The devil seems the project to surprise ; A fiend confused from off the trophy flies . While trembling ...
... stood at Poet's Corner , I said to him , - " Observe the banner which would all enslave , Which misled traytors did so proudly wave : The devil seems the project to surprise ; A fiend confused from off the trophy flies . While trembling ...
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afterwards Alderman Alley ancient arches arms Bank Bank of England Baynard's Castle bells Ben Jonson Bishop Blackfriars Bridge building built called chambers chapel Charles Cheapside church of St Churchyard citizens City Company Court death died dinner door Drapers Duke Earl Edward Edward III England erected feet fire Fleet Street garden gate George gold Goldsmith Gresham Grocers Guildhall Hall head Henry VIII honour Inner Temple James Johnson King king's knights Lady Lane lived London Lord Mayor Ludgate Ludgate Hill Mansion master Mercers Merchant Taylors merchants Middle Temple monument once parish Paul's persons poet poor present Prince prison Queen rebuilt reign Richard Richard II Roman Royal Exchange says sheriffs side silver Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William Stock Exchange stone stood Stow tavern Templars Temple Bar Threadneedle Street took Tower wall Westminster Whitefriars wine Wood Street Wren wrote
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Page 353 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 343 - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: — Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 107 - He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sun-beams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers.
Page 217 - Bills to play the Doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules. Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools.
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Page 115 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 366 - Tis a note of enchantment; what ails her? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide. And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Page 426 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 159 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Page 130 - Enlarged winds that curl the flood Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.