London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Volume 2Richard Bentley, 1871 - London (England) |
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... unfortunate mother , Anne Boleyn . After the accession of Elizabeth , Whitehall became the scene of her pastimes and other diversions , and here she surrounded herself with those eminent statesmen , scholars , and poets , whose names ...
... unfortunate mother , Anne Boleyn . After the accession of Elizabeth , Whitehall became the scene of her pastimes and other diversions , and here she surrounded herself with those eminent statesmen , scholars , and poets , whose names ...
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... unfortunate Charles the First was created Duke of York , and made a Knight of the Bath . A sword was girded on the side of the royal infant , a coronet of gold placed on his head , and a golden . verge in his hand . " There was a public ...
... unfortunate Charles the First was created Duke of York , and made a Knight of the Bath . A sword was girded on the side of the royal infant , a coronet of gold placed on his head , and a golden . verge in his hand . " There was a public ...
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... unfortunate father passed to the scaffold ! The ceiling of the Banqueting House , painted by Rubens at the cost of £ 3,000 , represents in nine com- partments the apotheosis of James the First . In the centre is conspicuous the form of ...
... unfortunate father passed to the scaffold ! The ceiling of the Banqueting House , painted by Rubens at the cost of £ 3,000 , represents in nine com- partments the apotheosis of James the First . In the centre is conspicuous the form of ...
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... unfortunate monarch . It was here , in the last days of his life , that he was insulted by the brutal soldiery ; here that he spent so many melancholy hours in the course of his tedious trial ; and lastly , here it was that he passed ...
... unfortunate monarch . It was here , in the last days of his life , that he was insulted by the brutal soldiery ; here that he spent so many melancholy hours in the course of his tedious trial ; and lastly , here it was that he passed ...
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... unfortunate master in his last moments , are- " The King was led along all the galleries and Banqueting House , and there was a passage broken through the wall , by which the King passed unto the scaffold . " The reason for breaking ...
... unfortunate master in his last moments , are- " The King was led along all the galleries and Banqueting House , and there was a passage broken through the wall , by which the King passed unto the scaffold . " The reason for breaking ...
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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.