London and Middlesex, Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above County, Volume 4W. Wilson, 1816 |
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Pagina 33
... Henry VIII . and attended that sovereign at his interview with Francis I. at Guisnes . The Earl's sixth son was born in this house ; and his son and successor , Francis , is mentioned among the freeholders in the court - rolls of the ...
... Henry VIII . and attended that sovereign at his interview with Francis I. at Guisnes . The Earl's sixth son was born in this house ; and his son and successor , Francis , is mentioned among the freeholders in the court - rolls of the ...
Pagina 45
... Henry VII . have sufficient interest to require notice in this page . In the reign of the seventh Henry , Sir Reginald • Some notice of a burial ground belonging to the Moravians will occur in a subsequent page . † A collection of a ...
... Henry VII . have sufficient interest to require notice in this page . In the reign of the seventh Henry , Sir Reginald • Some notice of a burial ground belonging to the Moravians will occur in a subsequent page . † A collection of a ...
Pagina 46
... Henry at Westminster and at Windsor , possessed the manor of Chelsea . From Sir Reginald it descended to his niece , who married William Lord Sandys , and this Lord gave it to King Henry VIII . Chelsea had shortly the honour of ...
... Henry at Westminster and at Windsor , possessed the manor of Chelsea . From Sir Reginald it descended to his niece , who married William Lord Sandys , and this Lord gave it to King Henry VIII . Chelsea had shortly the honour of ...
Pagina 69
... Henry Mossop , the actor ; William Kenrick , L. L. D. editor of the London Review ; and Sir John Fielding , half brother to the celebrated novelist , and distinguished as an active magistrate . Adjoining the workhouse in the King's road ...
... Henry Mossop , the actor ; William Kenrick , L. L. D. editor of the London Review ; and Sir John Fielding , half brother to the celebrated novelist , and distinguished as an active magistrate . Adjoining the workhouse in the King's road ...
Pagina 97
... Henry VII . The arms of that prelate , carved in stone , occur on one of the walls , and again over a gateway leading to the kitchen garden . The whole edifice , as it appeared at the commencement of the present year ( 1814 ) was of an ...
... Henry VII . The arms of that prelate , carved in stone , occur on one of the walls , and again over a gateway leading to the kitchen garden . The whole edifice , as it appeared at the commencement of the present year ( 1814 ) was of an ...
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17th century acres act of Parliament afterwards aisle almshouses ancient appears Beauties Bishop Bishop of London brick building built celebrated chancel chapel character charity Charles Chelsea chiefly comprises Corinthian order Countess Court daughter deceased died Domesday Duke Earl east Edward Elizabeth eminent Enfield Engraved erected feet formerly Fulham gardens George grounds Hackney hamlet Hampstead Hampton Hampton Court Henry VIII Hillingdon inhabitants inscription interior Isleworth Islington James King Lady land late likewise London Lord Orford Lysons manor mansion marble memory ment Middlesex monument nave neighbourhood notice observed occupied ornamented painted palace persons portrait possessed present purchased Queen rectory reign residence river river Colne river Thames road royal seat side Sir John Sir Thomas situated spacious spot Stepney stone structure termed Thames tion tower Twickenham Uxbridge village wall west end West India Docks Westminster whole William
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Pagina 398 - A small Euphrates through the piece is roll'd, And little finches wave their wings in gold. Two delightful roads, that you would call dusty, supply me continually with coaches and chaises : barges as solemn as barons of the exchequer move under my window ; Richmond Hill and Ham Walks bound my prospect; but, thank God ! the Thames is between me and the Duchess of Queensberry. Dowagers as plenty as flounders inhabit all around, and Pope's ghost is just now skimming under my window by a most poetical...
Pagina 55 - Blackwell, Elizabeth:* A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.
Pagina 393 - River passing suddenly and vanishing, as thro' a Perspective Glass. When you shut the Doors of this Grotto, it becomes on the instant, from a luminous Room, a Camera obscura ; on the Walls of which all the objects of the River, Hills, Woods, and Boats, are forming a moving Picture in their visible Radiations: And when you have a mind to light it up, it affords you a very different Scene: it is finished with Shells interspersed with...
Pagina 683 - Mr. Mickle, the translator of " The Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Pagina 619 - I can answer that (for one whole day) we have had nothing for dinner but mutton-broth, beans and bacon, and a barndoor fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you, that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for 200/. to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &C., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
Pagina 340 - In this situation, as I could not conquer nature, I submitted entirely to" her, and she made as great fool of me as she had ever done of any woman whatsoever : under pretence of giving me leave to enjoy, she drew me in to suffer the company of my little ones, during eight hours ; and I doubt not whether, in that time, I did not undergo more than in all my distemper.
Pagina 765 - Januarye, 1599, and in the two and fortyth yeare of the reigne of our fovereigne ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of England, Fraunce and Ireland, defender of the fayth, &c.
Pagina 618 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks; but his -attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower...
Pagina 394 - Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave : Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil, And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow, And latent metals innocently glow : Approach. Great Nature studiously behold ! And eye the mine without a wish for gold. Approach ; but awful ! lo ! the ^Egerian grot Where, nobly pensive, St.
Pagina 447 - In recompence thereof," says Stow, " the King licensed him to lie in his manor of Richmond at his pleasure, and so he lay there at certain times.