London, by David Hughson, Volumen61809 |
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... situated on the west side of the churchyard . The market is kept on Saturday , but has not much re- sort , and the market house is a mean wooden building . There are also two fairs , on the 2d of July , and the 15th of August . The town ...
... situated on the west side of the churchyard . The market is kept on Saturday , but has not much re- sort , and the market house is a mean wooden building . There are also two fairs , on the 2d of July , and the 15th of August . The town ...
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... situated in a fine park , through which passes the Grand Junction Canal . The present owner has contrived a kind of cloister , em- bellished with windows of stained glass , which has a very impressive appearance ; the apartments are ...
... situated in a fine park , through which passes the Grand Junction Canal . The present owner has contrived a kind of cloister , em- bellished with windows of stained glass , which has a very impressive appearance ; the apartments are ...
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... situated on a hill , on the east side of the river Bulborne . Domesday Book informs us that the town was given by Egelwine the black , and Winifled his wife , to the monks of St. Alban's ; hence its name . King John confirmed the grant ...
... situated on a hill , on the east side of the river Bulborne . Domesday Book informs us that the town was given by Egelwine the black , and Winifled his wife , to the monks of St. Alban's ; hence its name . King John confirmed the grant ...
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... situated on the slope of a hill , de- scending into a rich valley . King Offa gave six mansions in this town , then called Haen Hampsted , or Old Hampsted , to the monastery of St. Alban's , which grant was confirmed by king Ethelred ...
... situated on the slope of a hill , de- scending into a rich valley . King Offa gave six mansions in this town , then called Haen Hampsted , or Old Hampsted , to the monastery of St. Alban's , which grant was confirmed by king Ethelred ...
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... situated in the parish of Pitston , in Bucks , we shall describe in the county of Herts , as being partly in the parish of Gadesden , in the church of which are deposited the remains of most of the noble family of Egerton . " The house ...
... situated in the parish of Pitston , in Bucks , we shall describe in the county of Herts , as being partly in the parish of Gadesden , in the church of which are deposited the remains of most of the noble family of Egerton . " The house ...
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Página 209 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Página 209 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Página 593 - Londonderry brought forward his motion on our foreign relations, and moved that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give...
Página 418 - ... and endeavour to make that disbelieved which he never had confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the duke, which was answered with great magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions.
Página 525 - the house was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to ' one's watch,' cannot depreciate the taste that reigns in the whole. The larger court, dignified by picturesque cedars, and the classic scenery of the small court that unites the old and new house, are more worth seeing than many fragments of ancient grandeur, which our travellers visit under all the dangers attendant on long voyages.
Página 251 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Página 209 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Página 418 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Página 202 - Of these, about seven hundred, rendered, by long confinement for debt, strangers and helpless in the country of their birth, and desirous of seeking an asylum in the wilds of America, were by him conducted thither in 1732. He willingly encountered in their behalf a variety of fatigue and danger, and thus became the founder of the Colony of Georgia; a Colony which afterwards set the noble example of prohibiting the importation of slaves.
Página 170 - A forest is a certain territory of woody grounds and fruitful pastures privileged for wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase and warren, to rest and abide in, in the safe protection of the King, for his princely delight and pleasure...