The Family Topographer: Middlesex, London, and Westminster. 1843J.B. Nichols and Son, 1843 |
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Abbey afterwards aged Allhallows Anne antiquary Archbishop arches architect Bishop Bishopsgate born in St Brentford brick Bridge building built buried burnt Cathedral celebrated Chapel Charles Charles II Cheapside Chelsea church of St Clerkenwell College consecrated cost Dean died divine dramatist Duke Earl educated at Westminster Edward elegant Enfield England engraver erected fire of London founded founder Francis Fulham Garden George Grinling Gibbons Hall Hampton Court handsome Henry VIII Hill historian Holborn Hospital Hounslow House Inigo Jones Islington James James's Kensington King Lane learned London Wall Lord Mayor Mary Metropolis monument opened painter palace parish Park Parliament Paul's physician poet pointed style portico Prince prison rebuilt rector Robert Roman Royal Samuel Sir Christopher Wren Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William Smithfield Society Square steeple stone laid Strand Syon House temp Temple Thames Street Theatre Threadneedle Street Tottenham Tower West Westminster Abbey Westminster School writer
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Seite 150 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Seite 34 - For physic and farces his equal there scarce is— His farces are physic, his physic a farce is.
Seite 43 - ON AN OLD GATE Erected in Chiswick Gardens. O GATE, how eamest thou here ? Gate. I was brought from Chelsea last year, Batter'd with wind and weather ; Inigo Jones put me together ; Sir Hans Sloane Let me alone : Burlington brought me hither.
Seite 141 - Few in this vast city suspect, I believe, that behind an old brick wall in Piccadilly there is one of the finest pieces of architecture in Europe.
Seite 112 - A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Seite 94 - In August, 1786, an attempt was made on the life of his Majesty by an insane woman, named Margaret Nicholson, who, under the pretence of presenting a petition, struck at him with a concealed knife, as he was alighting from his carriage at St. James's. The blow was warded off by a page, and the woman seized : she was afterwards sent to a mad-house, where she continued till her death.
Seite 71 - When the Earl of Bedford sent for Inigo he told him he wanted a chapel for the parishioners of Covent Garden, but added he would not go to any considerable expense ; 'In short', said he, 'I would not have it much better than a barn.
Seite 76 - While vain Sages think they know Secrets Thou Alone canst show, Time alone will tell what hour Thou 'It appear to ' Greater
Seite 158 - Volante, an Italian, descended head foremost by a rope, with his legs and arms extended, from the top of the steeple of St. Martin's church, over the houses in St. Martin's Lane, to the farthest side of the Mews, a distance of about 300 yards in half a minute.