The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, المجلد 4T. Hughes and M. Jones, 1806 |
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... original Magna Charta of King John . It is written on a large roll of parchment , and part of the broad seal is preserved . This invaluable charter of British liberty was greatly damaged by the fire which hap- pened in the Cottonian ...
... original Magna Charta of King John . It is written on a large roll of parchment , and part of the broad seal is preserved . This invaluable charter of British liberty was greatly damaged by the fire which hap- pened in the Cottonian ...
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... original painting of the March to Finchley . The altar - piece in the chapel , which is most beau- tifully executed , is accounted one of Mr. West's best productions . It was painted for Macklin's Bible , and the subject is , " Except ...
... original painting of the March to Finchley . The altar - piece in the chapel , which is most beau- tifully executed , is accounted one of Mr. West's best productions . It was painted for Macklin's Bible , and the subject is , " Except ...
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... originals , and as it were , " the elements of the law ; who , profiting therein , " as they grow to ripeness so are they admitted into " the greater inns of the same study , called the " Inns of Court . " And in these Inns of both ...
... originals , and as it were , " the elements of the law ; who , profiting therein , " as they grow to ripeness so are they admitted into " the greater inns of the same study , called the " Inns of Court . " And in these Inns of both ...
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... original form , and partly Tuscan . It was taken down in the year 1788 , and the old materials sold for eight hundred and twenty- five pounds ; after which the present edifice was , in pursuance of an act of parliament obtained for that ...
... original form , and partly Tuscan . It was taken down in the year 1788 , and the old materials sold for eight hundred and twenty- five pounds ; after which the present edifice was , in pursuance of an act of parliament obtained for that ...
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... original portrait of Sir Baptist Hicks , which was brought from the old sessions- house , with the arms and ornaments which decorated the chimney of the dining room there ; and in the other is a good copy of the picture . A little to ...
... original portrait of Sir Baptist Hicks , which was brought from the old sessions- house , with the arms and ornaments which decorated the chimney of the dining room there ; and in the other is a good copy of the picture . A little to ...
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الصفحة 462 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of...
الصفحة 178 - ... cherries had taken their farewell of England. This secret he performed by straining a tent, or cover of canvas, over the whole tree, and wetting the same now and then with a scoop or horn, as the heat of the weather required; and so, by withholding the sunbeams from reflecting Sect.
الصفحة 215 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around. Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
الصفحة 28 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
الصفحة 438 - Mr. Hogarth's dutiful respects to Lord . Finding that he does not mean to have the picture which was drawn for him, is informed again of Mr. Hogarth's necessity for the money. If, therefore, his Lordship does not send for it, in three days it will be disposed of, with the addition of a tail, and some other little appendages, to Mr. Hare, the famous wild-beast man : Mr. Hogarth having given that gentleman a conditional promise of it, for an exhibition-picture, on his Lordship's refusal.
الصفحة 154 - Art and Nature through, As by their choice collections may appear Of what is rare in Land, in Sea, in Air, Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of Wonders in one closet shut. These famous Antiquarians that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen, Transplanted now themselves sleep here ; and when Angels shall with their trumpets waken men, And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise, And change this garden for a Paradise.
الصفحة 28 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
الصفحة 462 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 3 - There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the chamberlain, and after dinner they went to hunting the fox. There was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's. Great hallowing at his death, and blowing of homes ; and thence the lord maior, with all his company, rode through London to his place in Lombard street.
الصفحة 233 - ... the freehold of the premises to the company, on condition that they should present annually to the Royal Society fifty new plants till the number should amount to two thousand.