London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Band 2Richard Bentley, 1871 |
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... sovereign . We have only to glance from the " Parliamentary Diary " of Burton and the public journals under the rule of Cromwell to the gossiping pages of Pepys and Count Hamilton , and the change will be readily comprehended . At all ...
... sovereign . We have only to glance from the " Parliamentary Diary " of Burton and the public journals under the rule of Cromwell to the gossiping pages of Pepys and Count Hamilton , and the change will be readily comprehended . At all ...
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... sovereign , and who subsequently , amidst the horrors of the Great Plague , had braved it with equal cheerfulness in the cause of humanity . Though now approaching his eightieth year , he still continued to perform his military duties ...
... sovereign , and who subsequently , amidst the horrors of the Great Plague , had braved it with equal cheerfulness in the cause of humanity . Though now approaching his eightieth year , he still continued to perform his military duties ...
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... sovereign . The minds of men were eagerly alive to the importance of the crisis , when , about eleven o'clock at night , the sound of the approaching Dutch was plainly audible . Learning that Lord Craven was prepared to receive them ...
... sovereign . The minds of men were eagerly alive to the importance of the crisis , when , about eleven o'clock at night , the sound of the approaching Dutch was plainly audible . Learning that Lord Craven was prepared to receive them ...
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... sovereigns enjoyed the cruel sports which were the delight of their age . The Cock - pit subsequently be- came an integral part of the palace of Whitehall , and was inhabited from time to time by several celebrated persons . From one of ...
... sovereigns enjoyed the cruel sports which were the delight of their age . The Cock - pit subsequently be- came an integral part of the palace of Whitehall , and was inhabited from time to time by several celebrated persons . From one of ...
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... sovereign , and accordingly , perceiving the approach of the royal barge , he hastened to receive the King on his landing , and after having respectfully saluted him , endeavoured to dispel his fears . " Your majesty , " he said ...
... sovereign , and accordingly , perceiving the approach of the royal barge , he hastened to receive the King on his landing , and after having respectfully saluted him , endeavoured to dispel his fears . " Your majesty , " he said ...
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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.