A History of London, Volume 2E. Stanford, 1883 - London (England) |
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Page 285 - II. something more and better. His attachment to Queen Anne exposed him to a long and severe Persecution ; he bore it with firmness of mind ; he passed the latter part of his time at home, the Enemy of no national Party : the Friend of no Faction.
Page 86 - He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy. It is said that he said that he was sure to come shortly at the right hand of Christ to judge them that now had judged him ; and that his wife do expect his coming again. Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at Whitehall, and to see the first blood shed in revenge for the King at Charing Cross.
Page 284 - Here lies HENRY ST. JOHN, : In the Reign of Queen Anne Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Viscount Bolingbroke: In the Days of King George I. and King George II. Something more and better.
Page 23 - What doth Sir Thomas, but in the night-time sends for workmen to London (money commands all things) who so speedily and silently apply their business, that the next morning discovered that court double, which the night had left single before. It is questionable whether the queen next day was more contented with the conformity to her...
Page 186 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holbom, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; I do beseech you send for some of them.
Page 95 - I can hardly think it practicable to make a single room so capacious, with pews and galleries, as to hold above 2,000 persons, and all to hear the service, and both to hear distinctly, and see the preacher.
Page 96 - In this Church I mention, though very broad, and the middle Nave arched up, yet as there are no Walls of a second Order, nor Lanterns, nor Buttresses, but the whole Roof rests upon the Pillars, as do also the Galleries, I think it may be found beautiful and convenient, and as such, the cheapest of any Form I could invent.
Page 207 - And the other sex — the tender — the fair — What wide reverses of fate are there! Whilst Margaret, charm'd by the Bulbul rare, In a garden of Gul reposes — Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street, Till — think of that, who find life so sweet ! — She hates the smell of roses...
Page 226 - Rathbone, a lessee, in 1718 : ,' in ! is so dated on a stone at the south-eastern corner. Like his father, earl Edward was a great collector of old books. The Harleian MSS. seem never to have been kept in the manor-house of St. Marylebone, as some have asserted. In fact, I do not think the Holles or Harley family ever lived in the manorhouse. It stood near the top of High Street, and was occupied by the lessee for the time being of the park farms. The gardens were celebrated for their beauty, and...
Page 263 - In the old parish church, near the river, More's monument still stands. The church is an interesting building of the most mixed character ; so far, happily, not very much hurt by restorers. More made a chapel for his family tomb at the east end of the south aisle, and put up a black slab to record the fact. It has been twice