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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... stone of the new edifice , for 200 patients , was laid in April 1812 , and completed in August 1815 , at a cost of 122,5721 . 8s . , the exact sum raised for the purpose . It was built from three prize designs , superintended by the ...
... stone of the new edifice , for 200 patients , was laid in April 1812 , and completed in August 1815 , at a cost of 122,5721 . 8s . , the exact sum raised for the purpose . It was built from three prize designs , superintended by the ...
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... stone platform , 926 feet long and 40 in width , standing about 60 feet above the level of the water ; and of a drawbridge and 19 broad - pointed arches , with massive piers . It had a gate - house at each end ; and towards the centre ...
... stone platform , 926 feet long and 40 in width , standing about 60 feet above the level of the water ; and of a drawbridge and 19 broad - pointed arches , with massive piers . It had a gate - house at each end ; and towards the centre ...
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... stone was laid by the Earl of Pembroke , Jan. 29 , 1738-9 ; and the bridge was opened Nov. 18 , 1750. It consisted of fifteen semicircular arches , the centre seventy - six feet span ; 1223 feet long by 44 feet wide . It was originally ...
... stone was laid by the Earl of Pembroke , Jan. 29 , 1738-9 ; and the bridge was opened Nov. 18 , 1750. It consisted of fifteen semicircular arches , the centre seventy - six feet span ; 1223 feet long by 44 feet wide . It was originally ...
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... stone were placed several pieces of gold , silver , and copper coins of George II . , together with a silver medal given to Mr. Mylne , the architect , by the Academy of St. Luke , with a copper rim round it , having the following ...
... stone were placed several pieces of gold , silver , and copper coins of George II . , together with a silver medal given to Mr. Mylne , the architect , by the Academy of St. Luke , with a copper rim round it , having the following ...
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... stone was laid October 11 , 1811 . This Bridge consists of nine semi - elliptical arches , each 120 feet span and 35 feet high , supported on piers 20 feet wide at the springing of the arches ; with " useless and inappropriate Grecian ...
... stone was laid October 11 , 1811 . This Bridge consists of nine semi - elliptical arches , each 120 feet span and 35 feet high , supported on piers 20 feet wide at the springing of the arches ; with " useless and inappropriate Grecian ...
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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...