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... known clime of the globe , raises here the frequent villa ; and spreads the lawn , and plants the ornamental woodland , in grateful abundance . The advantages derived from a conti guity to the national emporium of literature and the ...
... known clime of the globe , raises here the frequent villa ; and spreads the lawn , and plants the ornamental woodland , in grateful abundance . The advantages derived from a conti guity to the national emporium of literature and the ...
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... known by the name of Thames ; and it may be observed that there are no earth - works , or remains of forti- fication , in the vicinity of Chelsea , to strengthen the probable correctness of the supposition ; while , in the neighbourhood ...
... known by the name of Thames ; and it may be observed that there are no earth - works , or remains of forti- fication , in the vicinity of Chelsea , to strengthen the probable correctness of the supposition ; while , in the neighbourhood ...
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... known of Shakspeare , as a man . Dr. King , rector of Chelsea , in a manuscript now reposited in the British Museum , † mentions four houses which have con- tended for the honour of affording a residence to Sir T. More ; 1. Beaufort ...
... known of Shakspeare , as a man . Dr. King , rector of Chelsea , in a manuscript now reposited in the British Museum , † mentions four houses which have con- tended for the honour of affording a residence to Sir T. More ; 1. Beaufort ...
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... known by the name of Buckingham House , was first committed to the custody of John Lisle , one of the Commis- sioners of the Great Seal , and was afterwards granted for twenty one years to Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke , also a Comission- er ...
... known by the name of Buckingham House , was first committed to the custody of John Lisle , one of the Commis- sioners of the Great Seal , and was afterwards granted for twenty one years to Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke , also a Comission- er ...
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... known by the appellation of Beaufort House , and con- tinued to be the occasional residence of the Beaufort family till about the year 1720 . After the mansion had stood empty for several years , it was purchased by Sir Hans Sloane ...
... known by the appellation of Beaufort House , and con- tinued to be the occasional residence of the Beaufort family till about the year 1720 . After the mansion had stood empty for several years , it was purchased by Sir Hans Sloane ...
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Page 576 - Light quirks of music, broken and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heaven. On painted ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the saints of Verrio or Laguerre, Or gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all Paradise before your eye. To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions Hell to ears polite.
Page 48 - I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go.
Page 557 - I can answer that (for one whole day) we have had nothing for dinner but mutton-broth, beans and bacon, and a barndoor fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you, that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for 200/. to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &C., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
Page 372 - I have put the last hand to my works of this kind, in happily finishing the subterraneous way and grotto : I there found a spring of the clearest water, which falls in a perpetual rill that echoes through the cavern day and night. From the river Thames, you see through my arch, up a walk of the wilderness, to a kind of open temple, wholly composed of shells in the rustic manner ; and from that...
Page 555 - Haycocks ; but his attention is somewhat diverted by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower. He is pleased with your placing him...
Page 320 - ... to suffer, the company of my little ones during eight hours; and I doubt not whether, in that time, I did not undergo more than in all my distemper. At twelve precisely my coach was at the door, which was no sooner told me than I kissed my children round, and went into it with some little resolution. My wife, who behaved more like a heroine and philosopher, though at the same time the tenderest mother in the world...
Page 320 - On this day the most melancholy sun I had ever beheld arose, and found me awake at my house at Fordhook. By the light of this sun I was, in my own opinion, last to behold and take leave of some of those creatures on whom I doted with a mother-like fondness, guided by nature and passion, and uncured and unhardened by all the doctrine of that philosophical school where I had learned to bear pains and to despise death.
Page 481 - ... dressed up, for the commissioners to sit in, a large square table being placed in the middle, with seats for the commissioners, one side being sufficient for those of either party, and a rail for others who should be thought necessary to be present, which went round. There were many other rooms on either side of this great room, for the commissioners on...
Page 659 - The wonderfull discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, a witch, late of Edmonton ; her conviction, and condemnation and death ; together with the [relation of the] divel's accesse to her, and their conference together.
Page 289 - Like angels fair, come, dress you here ; Come, dress you at this marble stone, And make that humble grace your own, Which once adorn'd as fair a mind As e'er yet lodg'd in womankind.