The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London, collected by a gentleman [J. Bew?].1793 |
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... walls ; at the nave it is 72 broad , and at the cross 195. Here most of our monarchs have been crowned , and many of them interred . It gives them crowns , and does their ashes keep : There made like Gods , like mortals there they fleep ...
... walls ; at the nave it is 72 broad , and at the cross 195. Here most of our monarchs have been crowned , and many of them interred . It gives them crowns , and does their ashes keep : There made like Gods , like mortals there they fleep ...
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... walls , fixteen without the walls , twenty - three out parishes in Middlesex and Surry , and ten in the city and liberties of Westminster . Befides thefe churches , that belonging to the Temple , one of our celebrated feats of law ...
... walls , fixteen without the walls , twenty - three out parishes in Middlesex and Surry , and ten in the city and liberties of Westminster . Befides thefe churches , that belonging to the Temple , one of our celebrated feats of law ...
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... wall and ditch , which inclose several streets , befide the building properly called the Tower . Here are some artillery ; a ma- gazine of small arms for 60,000 men , ranged in beautiful order ; and a horse armoury , in which are ...
... wall and ditch , which inclose several streets , befide the building properly called the Tower . Here are some artillery ; a ma- gazine of small arms for 60,000 men , ranged in beautiful order ; and a horse armoury , in which are ...
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... walls , we are equally ftruct with its importance . The original structure was built , in 1567 , by Sir Thomas Grefham , then one of the greatest merchants in the world . In 1570 , Queen Eliza- beth went to the Bourfe , as it was then ...
... walls , we are equally ftruct with its importance . The original structure was built , in 1567 , by Sir Thomas Grefham , then one of the greatest merchants in the world . In 1570 , Queen Eliza- beth went to the Bourfe , as it was then ...
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... Wall , was founded in 1603 , by the Rev. Thomas White . It is governed by a prefident , two deans , and four affiftants ; and all the clergy within the bills of mortality are its fellows . Here is a large library for their use , and ...
... Wall , was founded in 1603 , by the Rev. Thomas White . It is governed by a prefident , two deans , and four affiftants ; and all the clergy within the bills of mortality are its fellows . Here is a large library for their use , and ...
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Página 5 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Página 224 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants. So that to us no thing, no place is strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 105 - My Lord, I am a great deal older than your grace, and have, I believe, heard more arguments for atheism than ever your grace did ; but I have lived long enough to see there is nothing in them ; and so, I hope, your grace will.
Página 224 - Indies ours ; finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, cities in deserts, woods in cities, plants : so that to us no thing, no place, is strange, while his fair bosom is the world's exchange.
Página 213 - His high-crown'd hat, and satin doublet, Moved the stout heart of England's queen, Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it.
Página 135 - With so many disadvantages, it was not easy to produce any thing even tolerable in gardening ; but princely munificence overcame all difficulties. What was once a desert is now an Eden.
Página 53 - Or gilded clouds in fair expanfion lie, And bring all Paradife before your eye. To reft, the Cufhion and foft Dean invite, Who never mentions Hell to ears polite.
Página 104 - ... condition. The honour, however, is great. But honours are often accompanied with inconveniences, and Fairlop has suffered from its honourable distinctions. In the feasting that attends a fair...
Página 138 - Solitude is situated very near the south front of the palace. " At the head of the lake, and near the- Temple of Eolus, stands a Chinese octagon building of two stories, built, many years ago, from the designs of Goupy.
Página 5 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.