The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London, collected by a gentleman [J. Bew?].1793 |
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... ftructure in 1245. The great work was carried on flowly by fucceeding princes ; but it can hardly be faid to have been finifhed before the time of Sir Chriftopher Wren , who built the two towers at the weft end . This church is 360 feet ...
... ftructure in 1245. The great work was carried on flowly by fucceeding princes ; but it can hardly be faid to have been finifhed before the time of Sir Chriftopher Wren , who built the two towers at the weft end . This church is 360 feet ...
Pagina 10
... ftructure , erected a few years ago . The County Hall for Middlefex , a very elegant ftructure , built by Mr. Rogers , the county furveyor , on Clerkenwell- Green , was begun in 1779 , and finished in 1781. The front toward the Green is ...
... ftructure , erected a few years ago . The County Hall for Middlefex , a very elegant ftructure , built by Mr. Rogers , the county furveyor , on Clerkenwell- Green , was begun in 1779 , and finished in 1781. The front toward the Green is ...
Pagina 11
... ftructure , in which is the White Tower , founded by William the Conqueror , in 1078. It is furrounded by a wall and ditch , which inclose several streets , befide the building properly called the Tower . Here are some artillery ; a ma ...
... ftructure , in which is the White Tower , founded by William the Conqueror , in 1078. It is furrounded by a wall and ditch , which inclose several streets , befide the building properly called the Tower . Here are some artillery ; a ma ...
Pagina 12
... ftructure , was rebuilt in 1754 , at the expence of 30,000l . It stands oppofite the Banqueting Houfe . It contains apartments for the officers and privates of the life - guards , a troop of which conftantly do duty here . The War ...
... ftructure , was rebuilt in 1754 , at the expence of 30,000l . It stands oppofite the Banqueting Houfe . It contains apartments for the officers and privates of the life - guards , a troop of which conftantly do duty here . The War ...
Pagina 14
... ftructure , and be informed that it was the capital , as it were , of a republic of commercial Sovereigns , who poffeffed extenfive territories in diftant regions of the globe , maintained vaft armies , engaged in bloody and ex- penfive ...
... ftructure , and be informed that it was the capital , as it were , of a republic of commercial Sovereigns , who poffeffed extenfive territories in diftant regions of the globe , maintained vaft armies , engaged in bloody and ex- penfive ...
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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.