The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volumen2Thomas Maiden, 1814 |
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... Royal Mints , and Lord Mayor of London from 1275 to 1282 ; " He , " says the Historian , " dwelled in Milk Street , in an house belonging to the Priory of Lewes , in Sussex , whereof he was tenant at will , paying xx . 5. by the year ...
... Royal Mints , and Lord Mayor of London from 1275 to 1282 ; " He , " says the Historian , " dwelled in Milk Street , in an house belonging to the Priory of Lewes , in Sussex , whereof he was tenant at will , paying xx . 5. by the year ...
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... Royal Grants and Magna Charta , which would be of ruinous consequence to the City , the Kingdom and the Navy , and disable them from paying their taxes - They therefore prayed that they might have re- lief , and that the relief might be ...
... Royal Grants and Magna Charta , which would be of ruinous consequence to the City , the Kingdom and the Navy , and disable them from paying their taxes - They therefore prayed that they might have re- lief , and that the relief might be ...
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... Royal , Fleet Street ; Abbot of Waltham , at Billingsgate . When a comparison is made between the extent of ground thus occupied by Religious and Ecclesiastical Foundations , and that covered with merchants ' warehouses , mansions , and ...
... Royal , Fleet Street ; Abbot of Waltham , at Billingsgate . When a comparison is made between the extent of ground thus occupied by Religious and Ecclesiastical Foundations , and that covered with merchants ' warehouses , mansions , and ...
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... Royal Society . Among other remarks in his Epistle Dedicatory , he says , that London , the Metropolis of England , is perhaps a head too big for the body , and possibly too strong ; that this head grows three times as fast as the body ...
... Royal Society . Among other remarks in his Epistle Dedicatory , he says , that London , the Metropolis of England , is perhaps a head too big for the body , and possibly too strong ; that this head grows three times as fast as the body ...
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... Royal Exchange and London Bridge stay the trade , it would remove much faster : for Leadenhall Street , Bishopsgate , and part of Fenchurch Street , had lost their ancient trade ; Gracechurch Street , had indeed kept itself yet entire ...
... Royal Exchange and London Bridge stay the trade , it would remove much faster : for Leadenhall Street , Bishopsgate , and part of Fenchurch Street , had lost their ancient trade ; Gracechurch Street , had indeed kept itself yet entire ...
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Página 462 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Página 473 - England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable at demand, or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Página 415 - Most gracious sovereign, will your Majesty be pleased so far to condescend as to permit the mayor of your loyal city of London to declare in your royal presence, on behalf of his fellow-citizens, how much the bare apprehension of your Majesty's displeasure would at all times affect their minds. The declaration of that displeasure has already filled them with inexpressible anxiety, and with the deepest affliction. Permit me, sire, to assure your Majesty, that your Majesty...
Página 481 - England think it their duty to inform the proprietors of the bank stock, as well as the public at large, that the general concerns of the bank are in the most affluent and prosperous situation, and such as to preclude every doubt as to the security of its notes.
Página 672 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children...
Página 265 - 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.
Página 239 - Paul's," writes Sir Christopher Wren, in the ' Parentalia,' " we are told an incident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen : when the surveyor in person had set out upon the place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish (such as should first come to hand) to be laid for a mark and direction to the masons : the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened...
Página 301 - Gentiles' great apostle's name, With grace divine great Anna's seen to rise, An awful form, that glads a nation's eyes. Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there) Britain and Ireland seem to owe her grace, And e'en wild India wears a smiling face.
Página 367 - Elizabeth, in the year 1558, under the appellation of " The Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the art or mystery of Salters in London.
Página 284 - Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin for ; but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view ; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles.