Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Band 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... scaffold . Anne Turner was hung at Tyburn on the 15th of No- vember , 1615 , and , according to Camden , died a " true penitent . " There were many , indeed , who seem to have forgotten the fact of her detestable crime , in the interest ...
... scaffold . Anne Turner was hung at Tyburn on the 15th of No- vember , 1615 , and , according to Camden , died a " true penitent . " There were many , indeed , who seem to have forgotten the fact of her detestable crime , in the interest ...
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... scaffold for their share in the Rebellion of 1745. In Hanway Street , close by , is a public - house , known as the " Blue Posts , " which was kept by the once celebrated chess - player , Sturges , the author of a treatise on the game ...
... scaffold for their share in the Rebellion of 1745. In Hanway Street , close by , is a public - house , known as the " Blue Posts , " which was kept by the once celebrated chess - player , Sturges , the author of a treatise on the game ...
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... scaffold . Of those who suffered on this occasion , the two principal malefactors were the celebrated General Harrison and the fanatic preacher Hugh Peters , who met their fate , attended by all those frightful circumstances of terror ...
... scaffold . Of those who suffered on this occasion , the two principal malefactors were the celebrated General Harrison and the fanatic preacher Hugh Peters , who met their fate , attended by all those frightful circumstances of terror ...
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... scaffold at Charing Cross , and met his death , accom- panied by the same terrible paraphernalia . According to Bishop Burnet , he had been " a very vicious man , ' and a sermon which he preached in Newgate , the day after his trial ...
... scaffold at Charing Cross , and met his death , accom- panied by the same terrible paraphernalia . According to Bishop Burnet , he had been " a very vicious man , ' and a sermon which he preached in Newgate , the day after his trial ...
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... scaffold . " Mr. Savage , " says Dr. Johnson , " accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went with them to a neighbouring coffee - house , and sat drinking till it was late ...
... scaffold . " Mr. Savage , " says Dr. Johnson , " accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went with them to a neighbouring coffee - house , and sat drinking till it was late ...
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Seite 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Seite 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Seite 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Seite 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Seite 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Seite 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Seite 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Seite 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Seite 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.