London, Volume 1Charles Knight Charles Knight & Company, 1841 - London (England) |
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... feet : Still let me walk . " But what a walk has he described ! He sets out , as what sensible man would not , with his feet protected with " firm , well - hammer'd soles ; " but if the shoe be too big , " Each stone will wrench th ...
... feet : Still let me walk . " But what a walk has he described ! He sets out , as what sensible man would not , with his feet protected with " firm , well - hammer'd soles ; " but if the shoe be too big , " Each stone will wrench th ...
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... feet , or drenching his laced hat and his pow- dered wig with unpitying torrents . At every step some bulk or shop - projection narrowed the narrow road , and drove him against the coach - wheels . The chair- men , if there was room to ...
... feet , or drenching his laced hat and his pow- dered wig with unpitying torrents . At every step some bulk or shop - projection narrowed the narrow road , and drove him against the coach - wheels . The chair- men , if there was room to ...
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... feet a pair of spurrés sharp . " When Katharine of Spain came over in 1501 to marry Prince Arthur , a horse was provided for her conveyance from the Tower to Saint Paul's , upon which she was to ride " with the pillion behind a lord to ...
... feet a pair of spurrés sharp . " When Katharine of Spain came over in 1501 to marry Prince Arthur , a horse was provided for her conveyance from the Tower to Saint Paul's , upon which she was to ride " with the pillion behind a lord to ...
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... feet or more below the surface , other remains such as these last , but interspersed with fragments of Roman urns , revealing the burial - place of " the colony when Romans and Britons lived and died together . " The churchyard appears ...
... feet or more below the surface , other remains such as these last , but interspersed with fragments of Roman urns , revealing the burial - place of " the colony when Romans and Britons lived and died together . " The churchyard appears ...
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... feet , the Pope's ambassador , and next to him the Archbishop of Canterbury ; on his left the Emperor's ambassador , with the Bishop of Durham next to him : and all the other bishops , with other noble prelates , sate on two forms out ...
... feet , the Pope's ambassador , and next to him the Archbishop of Canterbury ; on his left the Emperor's ambassador , with the Bishop of Durham next to him : and all the other bishops , with other noble prelates , sate on two forms out ...
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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...