Illustrated London [engr. by A.H. Payne, with text by W.I. Bicknell. 2 pt., both imperf.].1846 |
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... tower began to play the popular air of “ There's nae luck about the house , " and then fell , one after the other , into the common ruin beneath . Scarcely had this extensive and ruinous conflagration ceased , when the mayor and ...
... tower began to play the popular air of “ There's nae luck about the house , " and then fell , one after the other , into the common ruin beneath . Scarcely had this extensive and ruinous conflagration ceased , when the mayor and ...
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... but of one bridge , and that one not more than a furlong in length . London is now adorned with no less than six , reckoning from the Tower to Vauxhall ; besides a subaqueous passage at CHARING CROSS SUSPENSION BRIDGE . 55.
... but of one bridge , and that one not more than a furlong in length . London is now adorned with no less than six , reckoning from the Tower to Vauxhall ; besides a subaqueous passage at CHARING CROSS SUSPENSION BRIDGE . 55.
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W I. Bicknell. the Tower to Vauxhall ; besides a subaqueous passage at Rotherhithe connecting the shores of Middlesex and Surrey , and which may well be denominated a wonder of the world . The difference between the ancient passages over ...
W I. Bicknell. the Tower to Vauxhall ; besides a subaqueous passage at Rotherhithe connecting the shores of Middlesex and Surrey , and which may well be denominated a wonder of the world . The difference between the ancient passages over ...
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... towers or campaniles , eighty feet from the bed of the river , or fifty - eight feet above the roadway , are built in the river twenty - two feet square , consisting each of four solid piers of brickwork in cement , seven feet six ...
... towers or campaniles , eighty feet from the bed of the river , or fifty - eight feet above the roadway , are built in the river twenty - two feet square , consisting each of four solid piers of brickwork in cement , seven feet six ...
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... towers the chains are carried , forming thus a central and two side - spans . The bridge , therefore , consists of three arches ; the span or length of the centre is 676 feet , and that of each of the side arches 333 feet , making the ...
... towers the chains are carried , forming thus a central and two side - spans . The bridge , therefore , consists of three arches ; the span or length of the centre is 676 feet , and that of each of the side arches 333 feet , making the ...
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Act of Parliament amongst amount annual annuities appearance arches asylum attention Bank of England beautiful became bishops bridge British building built carriages cent centre chapel charter Chelsea Church of England Club-house columns consists continued corporation of London court Crockford debt disease Duke eight employed entablature entrance erected established expence feet formerly front Gallery gardens George George III Gravesend hall Henry VIII hospital hundred HUNGERFORD MARKET improvements Ionic order James's James's Park King king's Lambeth Lambeth Palace late letters likewise London London Bridge Lord Mayor Majesty ment metropolis miles nearly noble ornamented paintings palace parish Park passed pediment persons piers present principal prisoners proprietors Queen Railway received reign river road royal side society statue steam stone Street Thames thousand tion Tower town visitors Westminster whole
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Seite 105 - Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...
Seite 70 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Seite 70 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Seite 70 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Seite 278 - Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth; Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so — for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model...
Seite 328 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Seite 155 - An act for granting during the continuance of the present war, and until six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, an additional bounty OB the exportation of the silk manufactures of Great Britain.
Seite 279 - For Heaven's sake let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd, Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd, All murder'd.
Seite 9 - 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!
Seite 71 - Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you the office of the ministry in the Church of Christ, to serve God for the promoting of his glory and the edifying of his people ? Answ.