London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Volume 2Richard Bentley, 1871 - London (England) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page
... Prisoners whose Misfortunes or Crimes have thrown a deep Interest over its Dungeons ... TOWER HILL , ALLHALLOWS BARKING , CRUTCHED FRIARS , EAST SMITHFIELD , WAPPING . - Illustrious Personages executed on Tower Hill . - Melancholy Death ...
... Prisoners whose Misfortunes or Crimes have thrown a deep Interest over its Dungeons ... TOWER HILL , ALLHALLOWS BARKING , CRUTCHED FRIARS , EAST SMITHFIELD , WAPPING . - Illustrious Personages executed on Tower Hill . - Melancholy Death ...
Page 15
... prisoner for her presumed share in Sir Thomas Wyatt's conspiracy . Here it was that she received the startling tidings that she was to be incarce- rated in the Tower , and hence she was led , on Palm Sunday , 1554 , to the private water ...
... prisoner for her presumed share in Sir Thomas Wyatt's conspiracy . Here it was that she received the startling tidings that she was to be incarce- rated in the Tower , and hence she was led , on Palm Sunday , 1554 , to the private water ...
Page 63
... prisoner at the battle of Poictiers - and which was devoted by Wat Tyler to the flames in 1381 , from the hatred which he bore to its owner , the celebrated John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster . Somerset House , standing on the site of ...
... prisoner at the battle of Poictiers - and which was devoted by Wat Tyler to the flames in 1381 , from the hatred which he bore to its owner , the celebrated John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster . Somerset House , standing on the site of ...
Page 71
... prisoner at the Traitors ' Gate of the Tower ! In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the Thames again became the gay scene of many a royal procession . It was on the occasion of Elizabeth's stately progresses on the Thames , that Sir Walter ...
... prisoner at the Traitors ' Gate of the Tower ! In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the Thames again became the gay scene of many a royal procession . It was on the occasion of Elizabeth's stately progresses on the Thames , that Sir Walter ...
Page 74
... PRISONERS WHOSE MISFORTUNES OR CRIMES HAVE THROWN A DEEP INTEREST OVER ITS DUNGEONS . A SSOCIATED with almost every great and every tragic event in the history of our country , there is no building in Europe which to an Englishman is ...
... PRISONERS WHOSE MISFORTUNES OR CRIMES HAVE THROWN A DEEP INTEREST OVER ITS DUNGEONS . A SSOCIATED with almost every great and every tragic event in the history of our country , there is no building in Europe which to an Englishman is ...
Other editions - View all
London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places Volume 2 John Heneage Jesse No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
accordingly afterwards ancient Anne Boleyn apartments appears Archbishop Arundel attended Banqueting House barge Baynard's Castle beautiful Bishop Blackfriars brother Cardinal Catherine Catherine Howard celebrated chamber Charles the Second church of St City committed court Cromwell Crosby Place crown daughter death died Duchess Duke of Norfolk Edward the Fourth England erected execution executioner famous fate father favourite fire fire of London fortress gallant gate George grace hall hand head Henry the Eighth honour ill-fated imprisonment interesting James King's Lady Jane Grey Lady Rochford Lane lastly London Bridge Lord Chamberlain Lord Mayor magnificent marriage Mary monarch monument night occasion palace palace of Whitehall passed Perkin Warbeck persons present Prince prisoner Protector Queen Elizabeth reign of Henry remained residence royal scaffold scene side Sir John Sir Thomas Somerset sovereign stood Stow Street Stuart Thames took Tower Chapel Tower Hill unfortunate walls Westminster Whitehall wife William writes young
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 302 - City, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.
Page 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.
Page 5 - And at his coming, and before he came into the hall, ye shall understand, that he came by water to the...
Page 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.