Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies].1851 |
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... hand in the British Museum , the imagina- tion speedily builds up the towering statue of the ancient Egyptian god . § 4. The first and most natural action of a stranger , upon his first visit to London , is to consult a Map - just as he ...
... hand in the British Museum , the imagina- tion speedily builds up the towering statue of the ancient Egyptian god . § 4. The first and most natural action of a stranger , upon his first visit to London , is to consult a Map - just as he ...
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... hand - looms may be seen at work . The once rural Islington , to the N. , is mostly inhabited by the middle classes , and those immediately beneath them in the social scale . It lies high , and is considered one of the healthiest ...
... hand - looms may be seen at work . The once rural Islington , to the N. , is mostly inhabited by the middle classes , and those immediately beneath them in the social scale . It lies high , and is considered one of the healthiest ...
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... hand , the scene below is equally instinct with life . Above bridge we see the stairs of the penny steam - boats , landing and taking in West End or Greenwich passengers , amid a perfect din of bell - ringing and cloud of steam ...
... hand , the scene below is equally instinct with life . Above bridge we see the stairs of the penny steam - boats , landing and taking in West End or Greenwich passengers , amid a perfect din of bell - ringing and cloud of steam ...
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... hand is the beautiful church of St. Martin's - in - the - Fields , and on the right the vista of Pall - mall , with its splendid Club - houses . Well might the late Sir R. Peel designate Charing - cross as " the finest site in Europe ...
... hand is the beautiful church of St. Martin's - in - the - Fields , and on the right the vista of Pall - mall , with its splendid Club - houses . Well might the late Sir R. Peel designate Charing - cross as " the finest site in Europe ...
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... hand the Athenæum , chiefly frequented by literary men ; on the left , and exactly opposite it , the United Service Club , whose members are naval and military veterans . Next to the Athenæum , which stands at the commencement of Pall ...
... hand the Athenæum , chiefly frequented by literary men ; on the left , and exactly opposite it , the United Service Club , whose members are naval and military veterans . Next to the Athenæum , which stands at the commencement of Pall ...
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Сторінка 104 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Сторінка 127 - JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith he Had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church.
Сторінка 109 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Сторінка 238 - Nigh where Fleet Ditch descends in sable streams, To wash his sooty Naiads in the Thames, There stands a structure on a rising hill. Where tyros take their freedom out to kill.
Сторінка 109 - TAKING a turn the other day in the Abbey, I was struck with the affected attitude of a figure, which I do not remember to have seen before, and which upon examination proved to be a whole-length of the celebrated Mr. Garrick. Though I would not go so far with some good catholics abroad as to shut players altogether out of consecrated ground, yet I own I was not a little...
Сторінка 103 - The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, 'Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom Whom fate made Brothers in the tomb; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen?
Сторінка 222 - instituted for the association of individuals, known for their scientific or literary attainments, artists of eminence in any class of the fine arts, and noblemen and gentlemen distinguished as liberal patrons of science, literature, or the arts.
Сторінка 71 - Here the heavily-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them by ladders; whilst in another basin they are high up out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay ; and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship.
Сторінка 124 - Whereunto the Clerk replying wrote ' Children of Cheape, hold you all still, For you shall have the Bow Bell rung at your will.
Сторінка 278 - O ! may thy virtue guard thee through the roads Of Drury's mazy courts, and dark abodes ! The harlots...