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... King Richard and his Queens Reception of Henry V. on London Bridge . Entry of Henry VI . into London Pageants at London Bridge at the reception of Margaret of Anjou Assault of London Bridge and Burning of South- · · Entrance into London ...
... King Richard and his Queens Reception of Henry V. on London Bridge . Entry of Henry VI . into London Pageants at London Bridge at the reception of Margaret of Anjou Assault of London Bridge and Burning of South- · · Entrance into London ...
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... King broke 328 320 Fire in Crosby Place • 328 Defeat and death of Richard III . and accession of Henry VII . 320 · Crosby Hall converted into a Presbyterian meet- ing house 328 Execution of Sir Thomas More 322 322 • 322 The Throne ...
... King broke 328 320 Fire in Crosby Place • 328 Defeat and death of Richard III . and accession of Henry VII . 320 · Crosby Hall converted into a Presbyterian meet- ing house 328 Execution of Sir Thomas More 322 322 • 322 The Throne ...
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... King's proclamation 436 The bridges 431 Alarm raised of the arrival of the French and St. Paul's 431 Dutch 436 The ... King 437 House of Commons · 432 · Extract from The Conflagration of London Pepys's description of the progress of the ...
... King's proclamation 436 The bridges 431 Alarm raised of the arrival of the French and St. Paul's 431 Dutch 436 The ... King 437 House of Commons · 432 · Extract from The Conflagration of London Pepys's description of the progress of the ...
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... king's chamber ” † of four hundred and fifty years ago . There , indeed , is the river , still flowing and still ... king so passed between his palace of Westminster and his Tower of London . But the state was to end in misery , and ...
... king's chamber ” † of four hundred and fifty years ago . There , indeed , is the river , still flowing and still ... king so passed between his palace of Westminster and his Tower of London . But the state was to end in misery , and ...
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... king being deep in his polemical studies , in a record of payment " to John , the king's bargeman , for coming twice from Greenwich to York Place with a great boat with books for the king . " We see the “ great Eliza " on the Thames ...
... king being deep in his polemical studies , in a record of payment " to John , the king's bargeman , for coming twice from Greenwich to York Place with a great boat with books for the king . " We see the “ great Eliza " on the Thames ...
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Page 390 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Page 269 - ... all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Page 103 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 430 - Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City.
Page 427 - 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...
Page 377 - My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate, set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies, The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...
Page 432 - ... carts, &c., carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away.
Page 213 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great sun begins his state, Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Page 328 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 361 - Following his Majesty this morning through the gallery, I went with the few who attended him, into the Duchess of Portmouth's DRESSING ROOM within her bedchamber, where she was in her morning loose garment, her maids combing her, newly out of her bed, his Majesty and the gallants standing about her...