London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State, Volume 2T. Boys, 1824 - London (England) |
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... churches in and around London have been dedicated to him : one " in the west , " another " in the east , " and a third at Stepney . William , the first bishop under the Norman line , was held by the citizens of London , in grateful re ...
... churches in and around London have been dedicated to him : one " in the west , " another " in the east , " and a third at Stepney . William , the first bishop under the Norman line , was held by the citizens of London , in grateful re ...
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... church , who decided that West- minster abbey , and the adjoining church of St. Mar- garet , should be , as they have ever since continued , independent of the see of London . Fulco Basset , " a man stout and corrageous , " filled the ...
... church , who decided that West- minster abbey , and the adjoining church of St. Mar- garet , should be , as they have ever since continued , independent of the see of London . Fulco Basset , " a man stout and corrageous , " filled the ...
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... church . " A crowd of citizens interposed , to protect the bishop from the execution of this indecent threat ; and the duke and earl marshal were glad to secure their own safety by a hasty retreat . The populace afterwards evinced their ...
... church . " A crowd of citizens interposed , to protect the bishop from the execution of this indecent threat ; and the duke and earl marshal were glad to secure their own safety by a hasty retreat . The populace afterwards evinced their ...
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... Church of England . He was one of the thirty cardi- nals - extraordinary created on that occasion , and was even nominated to the purple on the deposition of the three rival popes of that period , but lost the election , which ...
... Church of England . He was one of the thirty cardi- nals - extraordinary created on that occasion , and was even nominated to the purple on the deposition of the three rival popes of that period , but lost the election , which ...
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... church , against the encroachments of that prince . He had been a soldier in his youth , when the country was torn with civil wars ; and proved now a courageous champion of the sacred order of which he had become a member . King 8 PERCY ...
... church , against the encroachments of that prince . He had been a soldier in his youth , when the country was torn with civil wars ; and proved now a courageous champion of the sacred order of which he had become a member . King 8 PERCY ...
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Page 292 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 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...
Page 160 - 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.
Page 39 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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Page 41 - Europe, as not long before repaired by the late king) now rent in pieces, flakes of vast stone split asunder, and nothing remaining entire but the inscription in the architrave, showing by whom it was built, which had not one letter of it defaced.
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Page 60 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Page 292 - ... 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...
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Page 33 - without exceptions, but the principal inhabitants and ' possessors are stale knights and captains out of service ; ' men of long rapiers and breeches, which after all turn ' merchants here, and traffick for news.