Leicester square; its associations and its worthies. With a sketch of Hunter's scientific character and works, by R. Owen1874 - 495 páginas |
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... Earl of Manchester , Lord Privy Seal , Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Secy . Dorchester to the king , have viewed the place and heard the parties interested , and to accommo- date the Earl of Leicester and benefit the parish of ...
... Earl of Manchester , Lord Privy Seal , Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Secy . Dorchester to the king , have viewed the place and heard the parties interested , and to accommo- date the Earl of Leicester and benefit the parish of ...
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... of Leicester House , and included the site of Cranbourne Alley , so called from the second title of the Earl of Salisbury , to whom the ground belonged . CHAPTER II . THE FIRST HOUSE . THE SIDNEYS . 20 BEFORE THE HOUSES .
... of Leicester House , and included the site of Cranbourne Alley , so called from the second title of the Earl of Salisbury , to whom the ground belonged . CHAPTER II . THE FIRST HOUSE . THE SIDNEYS . 20 BEFORE THE HOUSES .
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... Earl of Bedford and his brothers , in respect of the buildings in Covent Garden parish ; and the builders of Lincoln's Inn Fields were exempted from forfeits in regard to new buildings erected on three sides of the square , before the ...
... Earl of Bedford and his brothers , in respect of the buildings in Covent Garden parish ; and the builders of Lincoln's Inn Fields were exempted from forfeits in regard to new buildings erected on three sides of the square , before the ...
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... Earl of Newport , 1 probably about the same time as Leicester House , and occupying the present site of Newport Street and part of Newport Market.2 Montjoy Blount ( created 1628 , extinct 1681 ) , natural son of Charles Blount Earl of ...
... Earl of Newport , 1 probably about the same time as Leicester House , and occupying the present site of Newport Street and part of Newport Market.2 Montjoy Blount ( created 1628 , extinct 1681 ) , natural son of Charles Blount Earl of ...
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... Earls of Leicester and Newport are described in the rate - books of St. Martin's as living in Military Street . 2 On ... Earl of Macclesfield . 2 " Survey of London , ” 1742 , p . 11-75 . “ Porta Pietatis , ” by T. Heywood 1638 , quoted ...
... Earls of Leicester and Newport are described in the rate - books of St. Martin's as living in Military Street . 2 On ... Earl of Macclesfield . 2 " Survey of London , ” 1742 , p . 11-75 . “ Porta Pietatis , ” by T. Heywood 1638 , quoted ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 213 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 234 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what is worse a hundred times) with a red mark on the forehead from an uneasy hat; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddycomplexioned children.
Página 27 - In 1616 he was made a knight of the bath at the creation of Charles prince of Wales. In...
Página 24 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 284 - But though it gave somewhat more scope for the fancy, it was still but a less kind of drudgery; and as I could not bring myself to act like some of my brethren, and make it a sort of manufactory to be carried on by the help of backgrounds and drapery painters, it was not sufficiently profitable to pay the expenses my family required.
Página 200 - His carriage then was very meek, sedate, and humble, never seemingly angry, of profound thought, his countenance mild, pleasant, and comely.
Página 286 - I have endeavoured to treat my subjects as a dramatic writer ; my picture is my stage, and men and women my players, who, by means of certain actions and gestures, are to exhibit a dumb show.
Página 235 - As soon as they can wipe off the sweat of the day, they must simper an hour and catch cold in the Princess's apartment ; from thence (as Shakspeare has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may ; and after that, till midnight, work, walk, or think, which they please.
Página 181 - He has a most unaffected modesty, and does scarcely bear the acknowledgments that all the world pay him : he descends to an easy equality with those with whom he converses ; and seems to assume nothing to himself, while he reasons with others...
Página 319 - Are aptly join'd; where parts on parts depend, Each made for each, as bodies for their soul, So as to form one true and perfect whole; Where a plain story to the eye is told, Which we conceive the moment we behold, — Hogarth unrivall'd stands, and shall engage Unrivall'd praise to the most distant age.