London and Its Environs Described: Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity Or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It. Comprehending Also Whatever is Most Material in the History and Anitquities of this Great Metropolis, Том 4

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R. and J. Dodsley, 1761
 

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Сторінка 40 - One, being their chieftaine, was called Robin Hood, who required the king and all his company to stay and see his men shoot...
Сторінка 40 - ... at which the King and Queen were greatly delighted. The gentleman who assumed the character of Robin Hood then desired the King and Queen, with their retinue, to enter the green wood, where, in arbours made with boughs, intermixed with flowers, they were plentifully served with venison and wine, by Robin Hood and his men. About two years after, an event happened which occasioned the epithet of evil to be added to this day of rejoicing.
Сторінка 44 - ... a number of light persons, they must have winked at the matter ; he therefore ordered them to repair to the Lord Chancellor, who would give them an answer. — Upon which they retired deeply mortified.
Сторінка 53 - Canterbury, followed by two gentlemen representing the dukes of Normandy and Aquitain ; after whom rode the lord mayor of London with his mace, and Garter in his coat of arms ; then the duke of Suffolk, lord high steward, followed by the deputy...
Сторінка 326 - ... between has four windows. in two series. Above the cornice, over the uppermost of these windows, runs a battlement; on the plain faces of the tower, and from the corners, are carried up four beautiful fluted turrets, cased, a part of their height, with Doric turrets: these terminate in pinnacle heads, from within each of which rises a short spire ornamented, with crotchets crowned with fanes.
Сторінка 76 - ... stockings up to their trunk-hose, and rich sprigs in their caps, themselves proper and beautiful young gentlemen. On each side of the chariot were four footmen in liveries of the colour of the chariot, carrying huge flambeaux in their hands, which, with the torches, gave such a lustre to the paintings, spangles, and habits, that hardly anything could be invented to appear more glorious.
Сторінка 45 - which so moved the King, that, at the earnest entreaty of the Lords, he pronounced them pardoned ; upon which, giving a great shout, they threw up their halters towards the top of the Hall, crying, " God save the King ! " After this affair the May games were not so commonly used as before.
Сторінка 269 - The portico is at once elegant and august; and if the steps arising from the street to the front could have been made regular, and on a line from end to end, it would have given it a very...

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