Guide to London and NeighbourhoodCollins [Brit. Mus.], 1880 |
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Сторінка 76 - Greenwich hill' plays a great part. On the summit is the' Royal Observatory, founded by George III. for the promotion of astronomical science, and the scene of the labours of some men of distinguished ability. An astronomer-royal, supported by a parliamentary grant, constantly resides and pursues investigations in the Observatory. From this spot British geographers measure the longitude. The collection of instruments kept and used in this building is superb and costly; but the public are not admitted...
Сторінка 26 - PLUMP head-waiter at The Cock, To which I most resort, How goes the time ? 'Tis five o'clock. Go fetch a pint of port : But let it not be such as that You set before chance-comers, But such whose father-grape grew fat On Lusitanian summers.
Сторінка 207 - A DICTIONARY OF DERIVATIONS of the English Language, in which each word is traced to its primary root. Forming a Text-Book of Etymology, with Definitions and the Pronunciation of each word.
Сторінка 28 - Cross, is the ancestral town residence of the Percies, Dukes of Northumberland. Over the way is St. Martin's Church, where lie the bones of many famous London watermen — the churchyard used to be called "The Waterman's Churchyard" — and those of that too celebrated scoundrel and housebreaker, Jack Sheppard, hanged in 1724.
Сторінка 27 - In the seventeenth century the Strand was a species of country road, connecting the city with Westminster ; and on its southern side stood a number of noblemen's residences, with gardens towards the river. The pleasant days are long since past when mansions and personages, political events and holiday festivities, marked the spots now denoted by Essex, Norfolk, Howard, Arundel, Surrey, Cecil, Salisbury, Buckingham, Villiers, Craven, and Northumberland Streets — a very galaxy of aristocratic names.
Сторінка 15 - A route stretching somewhat north-east, Whitechapel and Mile End Roads, connects the metropolis with Essex. It is a matter of general complaint that there are so few great channels of communication through London both lengthwise and crosswise ; for the inferior streets, independently of their complex bearings, are much too narrow for regular traffic. But this grievance, let us hope, is in a fair way of abatement, thanks to sundry fine new streets, and to the Thames Embankment, which, proceeding along...
Сторінка 47 - Kensal Green contains the graves of many distinguished persons. Princess Sophia was buried at the last-named cemetery; and a sedulous visitor would discover the tombs and graves of Sydney Smith, the daughters and a grandchild of Sir Walter Scott, Allan Cunningham, John Murray, Thomas Hood, Listen, Loudon, Callcott, Birkbeck, Brunei, Thackeray, and other persons of note. Cardinal Wiseman lies interred in the Catholic Cemetery adjacent to Kensal Green. The Great Northern Cemetery, near Colney Hatch...
Сторінка 139 - Westminster Abbey. — Nearly opposite the Houses of Parliament stands Westminster Abbey, open to inspection on the north, west, and east, but much crowded upon by private dwellings on the south. In very early times this spot of ground was a small insular tract, surrounded by the waters of the Thames, and called Thorney Island. Here a monastic institution was founded on the introduction of Christianity into Britain. Under Edward the Confessor an abbey was raised upon the site of the ruined monastic...
Сторінка 140 - ... surrender of its revenues, Henry raised Westminster to the dignity of a city, and its abbey was constituted a cathedral. It was, however, afterwards re-united to the see of London, in 1550. (An archbishopric of Westminster, created by the Pope a few years ago, is connected only with Roman Catholic matters, and is not recognised by the English law.) Westminster Abbey, during the reign of William and Mary, was thoroughly repaired, and the towers added at the western entrance, under the direction...
Сторінка 109 - Commons, 62 feet long, 45 broad, and 45 high, is much less elaborate than the House of Peers. The Speaker's Chair is at the north end; and there are galleries along the sides and ends. In a gallery behind the Speaker the reporters for the newspapers sit. Over them is the Ladies' Gallery, where the view is ungallantly obstructed by a grating.