National History and Views of London and Its Environs: Embracing Their Antiquities, Modern Improvements, &c., &c, Volumen1Black, Young, and Young, 1835 |
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... Gallery British Institution British Museum Burlington Arcade Caledonian Asylum Canonbury House ... Catholic Chapel , Moorfields 124 Figure in Commemoration of the Fire of 104 London 161 Finsbury Chapel 153 Flamstead House 178 Fleet ...
... Gallery British Institution British Museum Burlington Arcade Caledonian Asylum Canonbury House ... Catholic Chapel , Moorfields 124 Figure in Commemoration of the Fire of 104 London 161 Finsbury Chapel 153 Flamstead House 178 Fleet ...
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... gallery has very recently been erected at the end opposite to the throne , a portion of which is set apart exclusively for the use of peeresses and their daughters . The interior may be inspected at any time , and while the House is ...
... gallery has very recently been erected at the end opposite to the throne , a portion of which is set apart exclusively for the use of peeresses and their daughters . The interior may be inspected at any time , and while the House is ...
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... galleries and body of the chapel are capable of accommodating about 2000 persons . There are two inscriptions on the front of the chapel which always excite the attention of those who pass 34 HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
... galleries and body of the chapel are capable of accommodating about 2000 persons . There are two inscriptions on the front of the chapel which always excite the attention of those who pass 34 HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... gallery at the eastern end of the church . It is of great power , and was erected by Mr. Bevington . A marble monument has recently been placed im- mediately beneath the organ to the memory of Dr. Poynter , the late Catholic bishop ...
... gallery at the eastern end of the church . It is of great power , and was erected by Mr. Bevington . A marble monument has recently been placed im- mediately beneath the organ to the memory of Dr. Poynter , the late Catholic bishop ...
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... gallery , and in that above the entrance is erected the organ . The ceiling is oak , and consists of light flat arches with carved spandrils , and longitudinal ribs with rosettes and pendants . THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL formed , till ...
... gallery , and in that above the entrance is erected the organ . The ceiling is oak , and consists of light flat arches with carved spandrils , and longitudinal ribs with rosettes and pendants . THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL formed , till ...
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Página 116 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Página 46 - God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing 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 was like...
Página 45 - I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods ; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Página 46 - Paul's flew like granados, the melting lead running down the streets in a stream, and the very pavements glowing with fiery redness, so as no horse nor man was able to tread on them ; and the demolition had stopped all the passages, so that no help could be applied, the eastern wind still more impetuously driving the flames forward. Nothing but the almighty power of God was able to stop them, for vain was the help of man.
Página 136 - I would they were taught always in good literature both Latin and Greek, and good authors such as have the very Roman eloquence joined with wisdom...
Página 188 - The priests belonging to the priory of Clerkenwell using to attend there, made the people believe that the virtues of the water proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers ; but...
Página 64 - In walking along the street, in my youth, on the side next to this prison, I have often been tempted by the question, Sir, will you be pleased to walk in and be married? Along this most lawless space was hung up the frequent sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with, ' Marriages performed within,
Página 183 - VIII., in 1536, by which they were incorporated by the name of " the wardens and commonalty of the mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London.
Página 58 - ... portico of the Doric order, consisting of four immense columns, which support a large and well-proportioned pediment ; on the frieze of which is the following inscription : " The Royal Military Asylum for the Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army.
Página 76 - Bradley's discoveries of the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis, the photographic measurement of the heavens, Schwabe's work on the sunspot period, and Mr.