London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Band 2Richard Bentley, 1871 |
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... close of her long life . Even when she had entered upon her sixty - seventh year , and when her heart was pro- fessedly in the bloody tomb of her beloved Essex , we find her taking a prominent part in a masque given by Lord Cobham at ...
... close of her long life . Even when she had entered upon her sixty - seventh year , and when her heart was pro- fessedly in the bloody tomb of her beloved Essex , we find her taking a prominent part in a masque given by Lord Cobham at ...
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... close of the reign of Elizabeth , the palace of White- hall appeared to be a " truly royal " one . The royal library , he says , was well stored with Greek , Latin , Italian and French books , and among the rest was a little French work ...
... close of the reign of Elizabeth , the palace of White- hall appeared to be a " truly royal " one . The royal library , he says , was well stored with Greek , Latin , Italian and French books , and among the rest was a little French work ...
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... close by , the King's coffin lined with black velvet . The scaffold was surrounded by a large body of soldiers , both foot and horse , behind whom were massed a vast multitude of human beings who came to witness the memorable scene . To ...
... close by , the King's coffin lined with black velvet . The scaffold was surrounded by a large body of soldiers , both foot and horse , behind whom were massed a vast multitude of human beings who came to witness the memorable scene . To ...
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... close beneath it . He cast his eyes upon it , and seeing those of the King more . inflamed with indignation than he thought his nature capa- ble of , he made a profound bow , and retired without replying a single word to the torrent of ...
... close beneath it . He cast his eyes upon it , and seeing those of the King more . inflamed with indignation than he thought his nature capa- ble of , he made a profound bow , and retired without replying a single word to the torrent of ...
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... close of his reign , con- ferred the apartments in the Cock - pit on his niece , the Princess Anne of Denmark , afterwards Queen Anne . Here she was residing at the time of the Revolution of 1688 , and hence , on the approach of the ...
... close of his reign , con- ferred the apartments in the Cock - pit on his niece , the Princess Anne of Denmark , afterwards Queen Anne . Here she was residing at the time of the Revolution of 1688 , and hence , on the approach of the ...
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Seite 161 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 49 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of. the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Seite 297 - Church, to which the scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Seite 134 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Seite 171 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Seite 438 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
Seite 302 - City, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.
Seite 304 - ... carts, &c., carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away.
Seite 5 - And at his coming, and before he came into the hall, ye shall understand, that he came by water to the...
Seite 299 - ... to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City.