The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volum 4George Virtue, 1839 |
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Pàgina 40
... centre of the hall should be cleared . This direction occasioned much confusion , not only because many strangers had been allowed to enter the lower doors for the pur- pose of surveying the general arrangements , but because those 40 ...
... centre of the hall should be cleared . This direction occasioned much confusion , not only because many strangers had been allowed to enter the lower doors for the pur- pose of surveying the general arrangements , but because those 40 ...
Pàgina 50
... centre . In two small circles at the bottom are portcullises . On either side of the great door the wall is formed into two arches by handsome pillars ; the lesser entrances to the aisles are four pillars in depth , with ribbed roofs ...
... centre . In two small circles at the bottom are portcullises . On either side of the great door the wall is formed into two arches by handsome pillars ; the lesser entrances to the aisles are four pillars in depth , with ribbed roofs ...
Pàgina 51
... centre , which is a quatrefoil , is the date of erection , 1814. All the buttresses on the south side of the nave , for the length of the cloister , being six in number , have their bases without the walls of the cloister , consequently ...
... centre , which is a quatrefoil , is the date of erection , 1814. All the buttresses on the south side of the nave , for the length of the cloister , being six in number , have their bases without the walls of the cloister , consequently ...
Pàgina 53
... centre column ; but the galleries , shelves , and presses , are determined enemies to description . I shall there- fore leave them undescribed ; and conclude this survey of the ex- terior of the abbey and its dependencies , by saying ...
... centre column ; but the galleries , shelves , and presses , are determined enemies to description . I shall there- fore leave them undescribed ; and conclude this survey of the ex- terior of the abbey and its dependencies , by saying ...
Pàgina 56
... centre of the design is a large circle , whose centre is a circular plane of porphyry , three spans and a quarter in diameter ; round it stars of lapis lazuli , pea - green , red , and white , which , being of most beautiful colours ...
... centre of the design is a large circle , whose centre is a circular plane of porphyry , three spans and a quarter in diameter ; round it stars of lapis lazuli , pea - green , red , and white , which , being of most beautiful colours ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 521 - Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the Order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like : sufficient in truth, within a while, to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Pàgina 31 - ... of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?" — King or queen,
Pàgina 308 - Dec. 11, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings. But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead : Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Pàgina 518 - There is still another place, built in the form of a theatre, which serves for the baiting of bulls and bears; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs, but not without great...
Pàgina 122 - Life is a jest, and all things show it ; I thought so once ; but now I know it.
Pàgina 31 - O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding ; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.
Pàgina 522 - ... some of the paper, or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming, within less than an hour, the whole house to the very grounds. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks...
Pàgina 31 - ZADOK the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king; and all the people rejoiced and said: God save the king, Long live the king, May the king live for ever.
Pàgina 31 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law, do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ?" King or Queen.
Pàgina 429 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; 3 I do beseech you, send for some of them.