London of to-day, by C.E. Pascoe1885 |
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Страница 227 - O Lord God, thou strength of my health ; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Страница 128 - Whitehall ; and there (at 10 am), usually in presence of the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family...
Страница 204 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Страница 298 - I withdraw myself from these uncomfortable scenes into the visionary worlds of art ; where I meet with shining landscapes, gilded triumphs, beautiful faces, and all those other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas, and disperse the gloominess which is apt to hang upon it in those dark, disconsolate seasons.
Страница 243 - Parliament stopped these scandals in 1753. Even so late as the closing years of the last century, the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.) and his brother the Duke of York, when very young men, were stopped one night in a hackney coach and robbed on Hay Hill, Berkeley Square, within view of the Duke of Devonshire's mansion. A short distance westward from Piccadilly Circus is the south entrance to St.
Страница 389 - ROWLANDS' ODONTO Is the purest and most fragrant dentifrice ever made ; all dentists will allow that neither washes nor pastes can possibly be as efficacious for polishing the teeth and keeping them sound and white as a pure and non-gritty tooth powder. Such ROWLANDS' ODONTO has always proved itself to be.
Страница 320 - The single dress of a woman of quality is often the product of an hundred climates. The muff and the fan come together from the different ends of the earth. The scarf is sent from the torrid zone, and the tippet from beneath the Pole. The brocade petticoat rises oat of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan.
Страница 188 - Beneath is buried Ch. Wren, architect of this Church and City, who lived for more than ninety years, not for himself, but for the public good. Reader, if thou seekest his monument, look around.
Страница 212 - This place is holy, the ground is holy. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I pronounce it holy.
Страница 259 - Librarian, specifying their profession or business, their place of abode, and the purpose for which they seek admission. Every such application must be made two days, at least, before admission is required, and must be accompanied by a written recommendation from a householder or a person of known position, mentioning in full his or her name and address, and stating that he or she possesses a personal knowledge of the applicant, and of his or her intention to make proper use of the Reading Room....