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 39
... side , constituted the chief approach to the house , or that from the river side ; and fronting the entrance of this avenue ( a spot now occupied by the house of James Stephen , Esq . ) were C 4 the • A district containing about 40 ...
... side , constituted the chief approach to the house , or that from the river side ; and fronting the entrance of this avenue ( a spot now occupied by the house of James Stephen , Esq . ) were C 4 the • A district containing about 40 ...
Pagina 52
... side of the royal Hospital stood the mansion of Richard , Earl of Ranelagh . This house was built by the Earl ( he being then Paymaster - general of the forces , one of the Commissioners of Chelsea hospital , & c . ) on land originally ...
... side of the royal Hospital stood the mansion of Richard , Earl of Ranelagh . This house was built by the Earl ( he being then Paymaster - general of the forces , one of the Commissioners of Chelsea hospital , & c . ) on land originally ...
Pagina 59
... side of the parish . This edifice is chiefly composed of brick , and is by no means conspicuous for beauty . The structure was raised at various periods , and several of the builders were more intent on piety of consecration than on ...
... side of the parish . This edifice is chiefly composed of brick , and is by no means conspicuous for beauty . The structure was raised at various periods , and several of the builders were more intent on piety of consecration than on ...
Pagina 64
... side of the tablet are brasses , coarsely exe cuted , containing the effigies of the Duchess and her five daughters ; and on the opposite side were the effigies of her eight sons , but these latter brasses are now torn off . Against the ...
... side of the tablet are brasses , coarsely exe cuted , containing the effigies of the Duchess and her five daughters ; and on the opposite side were the effigies of her eight sons , but these latter brasses are now torn off . Against the ...
Pagina 71
... sides of the smaller court . * Only one side of the first quadrangle was completed ; and the whole collegiate design , which was dangerous as it tended to nurture a fervour of pole- mic spirit , drooped shortly after its commencement ...
... sides of the smaller court . * Only one side of the first quadrangle was completed ; and the whole collegiate design , which was dangerous as it tended to nurture a fervour of pole- mic spirit , drooped shortly after its commencement ...
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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.