Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis, with Nearly Sixty Years' Personal RecollectionsLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868 - Всего страниц: 871 |
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... pictures are placed for sale ; and thence to the great Basilical Hall or Bazaar , which is 116 feet long , 88 feet wide , and 60 feet high ; it is mostly lighted from curved windows in the roof , which is richly decorated , as are the ...
... pictures are placed for sale ; and thence to the great Basilical Hall or Bazaar , which is 116 feet long , 88 feet wide , and 60 feet high ; it is mostly lighted from curved windows in the roof , which is richly decorated , as are the ...
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... picture of " the Ascension , " painted by John Wood , in 1844 , and the prize picture selected from among eighty competitors for 5007. bequeathed for this purpose by Mr. Harcourt , a parishioner , and awarded by Eastlake and Haydon . St ...
... picture of " the Ascension , " painted by John Wood , in 1844 , and the prize picture selected from among eighty competitors for 5007. bequeathed for this purpose by Mr. Harcourt , a parishioner , and awarded by Eastlake and Haydon . St ...
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... picture - model of the siege of Gibraltar , painted by Keyse , and occupying about four acres . He died in 1800 , and the garden was shut up about 1805. There are tokens of the place extant ; the Spa - road is named from it . In the ...
... picture - model of the siege of Gibraltar , painted by Keyse , and occupying about four acres . He died in 1800 , and the garden was shut up about 1805. There are tokens of the place extant ; the Spa - road is named from it . In the ...
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... picture of Edward VI . granting the Royal Charter of Endowment to the Mayor . Beneath was a cartoon of " The Good Samaritan , " by the youthful artist Dadd . The other pictures are a fine full - length of Charles II . , by Sir Peter ...
... picture of Edward VI . granting the Royal Charter of Endowment to the Mayor . Beneath was a cartoon of " The Good Samaritan , " by the youthful artist Dadd . The other pictures are a fine full - length of Charles II . , by Sir Peter ...
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... picture is now in that mansion ; it was painted about 1746 , and shows the houses of the street - lines , with their signs , among which is prominent the Golden Cross . Charing Cross was a favourite pitch for Punch , or Punchinello , as ...
... picture is now in that mansion ; it was painted about 1746 , and shows the houses of the street - lines , with their signs , among which is prominent the Golden Cross . Charing Cross was a favourite pitch for Punch , or Punchinello , as ...
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Стр. 133 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Стр. 68 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill...
Стр. 319 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Стр. 364 - Will I upon thy party wear this rose: And here I prophesy, — This brawl to-day, Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Стр. 275 - Not far from that most celebrated place, Where angry Justice shows her awful face ; Where little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state ; There stands a dome, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height ; A golden globe, placed high with artful skill, Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill...
Стр. 121 - When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable.
Стр. 337 - ... feast today, Jane called us up about three in the morning to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city. So I rose and slipped on my...
Стр. 187 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Стр. 336 - ... houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like...
Стр. 252 - Lord Stanhope, then (now Lord Chesterfield) Lord Herbert, &c. &c. were members. Epigrams were proposed to be written on the glasses, by each member after dinner; once when Dr. Young was invited thither, the doctor would have declined writing, because he had no diamond : Lord Stanhope lent him his, and he wrote immediately — "Accept a miracle...