Metropolitan Improvements; Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a Series of Views, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis & Its VicinityJones, 1827 - 316 страници |
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... courts only held within their walls . This king , in consideration of an annual payment of £ 300 , gave them also the privilege of electing the sheriff of Middlesex in perpetuity , a right which they enjoy to this day . Matilda , the ...
... courts only held within their walls . This king , in consideration of an annual payment of £ 300 , gave them also the privilege of electing the sheriff of Middlesex in perpetuity , a right which they enjoy to this day . Matilda , the ...
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... court of aldermen that no houses should after that period be allowed to be built of wood or thatched ; but that all of them should have an outside wall of stone raised sixteen feet from the ground . This stability in the structure of ...
... court of aldermen that no houses should after that period be allowed to be built of wood or thatched ; but that all of them should have an outside wall of stone raised sixteen feet from the ground . This stability in the structure of ...
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... court by assaulting and plundering the houses of Lord Gray and others of the nobility . The barons being engaged in hostilities with the king demanded aid of the Londoners ; but Henry , who came and resided in the Tower , en- deavoured ...
... court by assaulting and plundering the houses of Lord Gray and others of the nobility . The barons being engaged in hostilities with the king demanded aid of the Londoners ; but Henry , who came and resided in the Tower , en- deavoured ...
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... court , the mayor , aldermen , sheriffs and commonalty returned three . The king having resigned the government entirely into the hands of his tyrannical favourites , the two Spencers , the barons resented this conduct , and summoned a ...
... court , the mayor , aldermen , sheriffs and commonalty returned three . The king having resigned the government entirely into the hands of his tyrannical favourites , the two Spencers , the barons resented this conduct , and summoned a ...
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... court in St. Paul's cathedral , and a warm altercation having ensued between John duke of Lancaster the king's son , and the bishop of London , the citizens took part with the latter . This conduct so highly incensed the prince , that ...
... court in St. Paul's cathedral , and a warm altercation having ensued between John duke of Lancaster the king's son , and the bishop of London , the citizens took part with the latter . This conduct so highly incensed the prince , that ...
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Страница 12 - So proud, so grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down...
Страница 23 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Страница 114 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Страница 123 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Страница 143 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Страница xxx - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Страница 136 - The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without any original plan or design; but they are not always the less pleasant to the walker or spectator, on that account. On the contrary, if the city had been built on the regular plan of Sir Christopher Wren, the effect might have been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust.
Страница 32 - The study of this department of our art, convenience, particularly in domestic architecture, is one of the most useful, and at the same time, one of the most difficult parts of an architect's profession.
Страница 44 - Look on our right how the huge cupola of the Coliseum spreads its ample rotunda among the groves of mansions, pleasure grounds and squares. See the bizarre minarets of Sussex Place on our...
Страница 105 - Inigo Jones, the king's chief architect. Of the principal reformers of taste among the learned and noble men of this period, the great LORD CHANCELLOR BACON stands in the foremost rank ; and his published opinions on architecture and gardening, are decisive proofs of the correctness of his taste. His maxim, that houses are built to live in and not to look on, should never be forgotten by the domestic architect ; and his description of a palace, in opposition to such huge buildings as the Vatican,...