An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, Volume 2 |
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Page 89
... the 10th April following ( 1553 ) , the lord mayor and officers of the corporation were ordered to attend the king at Whitehall , when a formal grant of the palace was made , to be a workhouse for the IN THE STREETS OF LONDON . 89.
... the 10th April following ( 1553 ) , the lord mayor and officers of the corporation were ordered to attend the king at Whitehall , when a formal grant of the palace was made , to be a workhouse for the IN THE STREETS OF LONDON . 89.
Page 94
... corporation brought a bill into parliament , in which they represented " that , although after the fire of London , the channel of the Fleet had been made navigable from the Thames to Holborn Bridge , yet the profits from the navigation ...
... corporation brought a bill into parliament , in which they represented " that , although after the fire of London , the channel of the Fleet had been made navigable from the Thames to Holborn Bridge , yet the profits from the navigation ...
Page 95
... corporation for ever , on condition that drains should be made underneath , and that no buildings erected on the superstructure should exceed fifteen feet in height . The works shortly afterwards commenced , and the market was opened ...
... corporation for ever , on condition that drains should be made underneath , and that no buildings erected on the superstructure should exceed fifteen feet in height . The works shortly afterwards commenced , and the market was opened ...
Page 104
... corporation of London . The first stone of this bridge was laid on the 30th of October , 1760 , and it was completed in about eight years , from the designs of Mr. Robert Mylne , the architect , at an expense of 152,840l . 3s . 10d . It ...
... corporation of London . The first stone of this bridge was laid on the 30th of October , 1760 , and it was completed in about eight years , from the designs of Mr. Robert Mylne , the architect , at an expense of 152,840l . 3s . 10d . It ...
Page 106
... corporation of London to name Pitt's Bridge , takes its present appellation from the ancient priory and palace of the Blackfriars , which stood a little to the eastward of Chatham Place , and nearly opposite the palace of Bridewell , to ...
... corporation of London to name Pitt's Bridge , takes its present appellation from the ancient priory and palace of the Blackfriars , which stood a little to the eastward of Chatham Place , and nearly opposite the palace of Bridewell , to ...
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Page 140 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 94 - Fleet Ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Page 421 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto ; your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. " But, if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander, must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness, then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise...
Page 54 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Page 20 - There when they came whereas those bricky towers The which on Thames' broad aged back do ride. Where now the studious lawyers have their bowers, There whilom wont the Templar knights to bide, Till they decayed through pride...
Page 421 - You have chosen me, from a low estate, to be your queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire. If then you found me worthy of such honour, good your grace let not any light fancy, or bad counsel of mine enemies, withdraw...
Page 421 - I no sooner received this message by him, than I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Page 212 - Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to meet with agreeable conversation. And the booksellers themselves were knowing and conversible men, with whom, for the sake of bookish knowledge, the greatest wits were pleased to converse.
Page 134 - All good people, pray heartily unto God for these poor sinners, who are now going to their deaths, and for whom this great bell doth toll.
Page 371 - ... of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away. Oh the miserable and calamitous spectacle...