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, 1. kötetW. Wilson, 1810 |
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11. oldal
... late as February or March . The produce varies according to the seasons , the average being from twelve to forty bushels per acre . About 4000 acres are annually sown with barley , and that al- ways in the Spring ; the quantity of seed ...
... late as February or March . The produce varies according to the seasons , the average being from twelve to forty bushels per acre . About 4000 acres are annually sown with barley , and that al- ways in the Spring ; the quantity of seed ...
20. oldal
... late years , that the rearing them for sale now forms a considerable object of com- merce ; and the English gardeners have attained such celebrity for the cultivation of exotics , that , in times of peace , a great exporta- tion of ...
... late years , that the rearing them for sale now forms a considerable object of com- merce ; and the English gardeners have attained such celebrity for the cultivation of exotics , that , in times of peace , a great exporta- tion of ...
56. oldal
... late years took place on the 24th of January , 1795 , when the thermometer fell to 6 degrees below the point marked 0. These extremes , however , very happily for the general healthfulness , but rarely occur ; and when they do , are ...
... late years took place on the 24th of January , 1795 , when the thermometer fell to 6 degrees below the point marked 0. These extremes , however , very happily for the general healthfulness , but rarely occur ; and when they do , are ...
59. oldal
... late Earl of Orford ; and at a little distance beyond that , was once the elegant seat of the Poet on whom the Muses lavished all their softer graces ; Alexander Pope , Esq . now alas ! levelled with the ground in the very wantonness of ...
... late Earl of Orford ; and at a little distance beyond that , was once the elegant seat of the Poet on whom the Muses lavished all their softer graces ; Alexander Pope , Esq . now alas ! levelled with the ground in the very wantonness of ...
61. oldal
... late Earl of Burlington . The villages of Putney and Fulham , which are connected with each other by a long old wooden bridge , next arrest the atten- tion ; and here begins that bustle of population and frequency of buikling , which ...
... late Earl of Burlington . The villages of Putney and Fulham , which are connected with each other by a long old wooden bridge , next arrest the atten- tion ; and here begins that bustle of population and frequency of buikling , which ...
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acres Aldermen Aldgate appears arms assembled attended beheaded Bills Bishop body Bridge brought burnt charter Church Citizens City of London commerce committed Common Council Company Court Crown death Ditto divers dreadful Duke Duke of York Earl Edward England Essex feet Fire four France granted Guildhall Hall head Henry Hist horses House of Commons Howe's Stow Ibid increased inhabitants John King King's Kingdom land Lane liberty Lond London Bridge Lord Mayor Maior Majesty March ment merchants Metropolis Middlesex night occasion officers Palace parish Parliament passed Paul's persons Petition Plague Popish Plot Port of London present Prince principal prisoners privileges proceedings Proclamation Queen reign river Thames Roman Royal says Stow sent Sheriffs shew ships side Southwark Stow's Ann Street suffered tion Tower Hill town trade Treason Tyburn unto wall Westminster Westminster Hall whilst whole William
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477. oldal - Orange should be declared King and Queen of England...
346. oldal - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
59. oldal - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. There let the feasted eye unwearied stray; Luxurious, there, rove through the pendent woods That nodding hang o'er Harrington's retreat...
300. oldal - For the Queen! For the Queen! A plot is laid for my life!
378. oldal - ... else, seeing they were all dead, and were to be huddled together into the common grave of mankind, as we may call it, for here was no difference made, but poor and rich went together ; there was no other way of burials, neither was it possible there should, for coffins were not to be had for the prodigious numbers that fell in such a calamity as this.
335. oldal - Several other Projectors were in like manner personated in this Antimasque ; and it pleased the spectators the more, because by it an information was covertly given to the King of the unfitness and ridiculousness of these projects against the law ; and the Attorney Noy, who had most knowledge of them, had a great hand in this Antimasque of the Projectors.
398. oldal - ... upon the stall, they took them up with the instrument they used and threw them into the cart, and all this while the piper slept soundly. From hence they passed along and took in other dead bodies, till, as honest John Hayward told me, they almost buried him alive in the cart ; yet all this while he slept soundly.
469. oldal - ... that made so ill a return for it : she rejoiced, that God had honoured her to be the first that suffered by fire in this reign : and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love.
60. oldal - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
452. oldal - Commonwealth,"* was passed ; and a Bill for excluding the Duke of York from the Succession to the Throne, was also brought in, but the King prevented its passing at that time, by proroguing the Parliament.