The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London, collected by a gentleman [J. Bew?].1794 |
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... principal object of this publication : to be an entertaining companion in thefe excurfions , is an- other . With this view , the Editor has not only de- fcribed whatever he found curious in the works of Nature or of Art , but where any ...
... principal object of this publication : to be an entertaining companion in thefe excurfions , is an- other . With this view , the Editor has not only de- fcribed whatever he found curious in the works of Nature or of Art , but where any ...
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... principal mafon , and others employed in the work . In the courfe of 35 years was this mighty fabrick , lofty enough to be feen at fea eaftward , and at Windsor weft- ward , began and finished by one architect , one principal mafon ...
... principal mafon , and others employed in the work . In the courfe of 35 years was this mighty fabrick , lofty enough to be feen at fea eaftward , and at Windsor weft- ward , began and finished by one architect , one principal mafon ...
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... principal nobility and gentry . Of these we shall only mention the most distin- guished : namely , the Earl of Aldborough's , Stratford- Place ; Apfley Houfe , Earl Bathurst's , Hyde Park Corner ; the Duke of Bedford's , Bloomsbury ...
... principal nobility and gentry . Of these we shall only mention the most distin- guished : namely , the Earl of Aldborough's , Stratford- Place ; Apfley Houfe , Earl Bathurst's , Hyde Park Corner ; the Duke of Bedford's , Bloomsbury ...
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... principal fronts is a piazza , and in the centre an area . The height of the building is 56 feet , and from the centre of the fouth fide rifes a lantern and turret 178 feet high ,. on the top of which is a vane , in the form of a ...
... principal fronts is a piazza , and in the centre an area . The height of the building is 56 feet , and from the centre of the fouth fide rifes a lantern and turret 178 feet high ,. on the top of which is a vane , in the form of a ...
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... principal and attic ftory . In this front , are apartments for the Royal Academy , and for the Royal and Antiquarian Societies . The grand entrance by three lofty arches , leads into a fpacious quadrangle , on each fide of which , to ...
... principal and attic ftory . In this front , are apartments for the Royal Academy , and for the Royal and Antiquarian Societies . The grand entrance by three lofty arches , leads into a fpacious quadrangle , on each fide of which , to ...
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Página 7 - 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 250 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Página 82 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Página 120 - 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 226 - ... law. The Barons next a nobler league began, Both those of English and of Norman race, In one fraternal nation blended now, The nation of the Free...
Página 227 - And, lastly (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter), it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 7 - 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.
Página 195 - VIII for his pleasure and retirement, and built by him with an excess of magnificence and elegance, even to ostentation: one would imagine every thing that architecture can perform to have been employed in this one work.
Página 64 - Yeomen of the guards; his music also plays when he is at table: he is served by gentlemen in the best order; and I must say, that few German sovereign princes live with that magnificence, grandeur, and good order.
Página 221 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...