The world's metropolis, or, Mighty London. 2nd ser., ed. by H.S. BrookeH S Brooke 1856 |
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... entrance to the Tower is at the south - west angle , where a stone bridge crosses the moat . This bridge is defended at each extremity by the Middle Tower and the Byward Tower . Having thus entered the Outer Ward a narrow street is seen ...
... entrance to the Tower is at the south - west angle , where a stone bridge crosses the moat . This bridge is defended at each extremity by the Middle Tower and the Byward Tower . Having thus entered the Outer Ward a narrow street is seen ...
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... entrance to the principal bridge . Each bastion contains a guard room for the porters . THE BYWARD TOWER . This tower resembles the Middle Tower in almost every particular . Standing at the south - west angle of the fortress , it forms ...
... entrance to the principal bridge . Each bastion contains a guard room for the porters . THE BYWARD TOWER . This tower resembles the Middle Tower in almost every particular . Standing at the south - west angle of the fortress , it forms ...
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... entrances ; of which the outer or lower is known as " Traitor's Gate , " now approached from the river , through an ... entrance to the cell are those of Rudston , Fane , and Culpepper ; all im- plicated in Sir Thos . Wyatt's rebellion ...
... entrances ; of which the outer or lower is known as " Traitor's Gate , " now approached from the river , through an ... entrance to the cell are those of Rudston , Fane , and Culpepper ; all im- plicated in Sir Thos . Wyatt's rebellion ...
Сторінка 123
... entrance gate . A warden is in attendance every half hour , to conduct parties in waiting . Open from ten o'clock till four every day . Admission to the Armouries , sixpence each ; to the Regalia , six- pence each person . Before ...
... entrance gate . A warden is in attendance every half hour , to conduct parties in waiting . Open from ten o'clock till four every day . Admission to the Armouries , sixpence each ; to the Regalia , six- pence each person . Before ...
Сторінка 133
... entrance- when , according to custom , the porter demanded his uppermost garment as his fee , meaning no doubt , his cloak , or some such valuable article , and Sir Thomas , taking off his cap ( with a kind of latent con- sciousness ...
... entrance- when , according to custom , the porter demanded his uppermost garment as his fee , meaning no doubt , his cloak , or some such valuable article , and Sir Thomas , taking off his cap ( with a kind of latent con- sciousness ...
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Abbey acres Aldgate ancient Anne Anne Boleyn arches architect architecture armour Banqueting House beautiful beheaded Bishop brass bridge building built buried called centre chapel Charles Charles II church collection command compartments contains coronation Court crown death Docks Dockyard Duke Earl east edifice Edward Edward III effigy England entrance erected executed feet Fleet St formerly front Gallery gate George ground Hall Henry VIII Hospital House of Lords Inigo Jones inscription James John King King's Lady Jane Lady Jane Grey London Lord magnificent marble Mary monument Museum Newgate occupied ornamented Palace parish Park Parliament present Prince prison Queen Elizabeth reign of Henry Richard Richard II river Royal scaffold shaft shield side Sir Thomas specimens square statues stone street Suit Thames throne Tower Hill Tower of London tunnel wall-cases walls ward Westminster Westminster Abbey White Tower Whitehall William
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Сторінка 191 - Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; but he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey, with an English inscription.
Сторінка 117 - Church, two Dukes between two Queenes, to wit, the Duke of Somerset and the Duke of Northumberland, between Queen Anne and Queen Katherine, all four beheaded.
Сторінка 196 - for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collections ; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto.
Сторінка 189 - Some of them were covered with such extravagant epitaphs, that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with them, he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him.
Сторінка 131 - Tower for one night, to the end he might there accomplish the king's pleasure in such things as he had given him commandment. After which letter delivered, and the keys received, Sir James appointed the night next ensuing to destroy them, devising before and preparing the means.
Сторінка 189 - The poet is buried here standing on his feet, and the inscription was done, as Aubrey relates, "at the charge of Jack Young (afterwards knighted), who, walking here when the grave was covering, gave the fellow eighteenpence to cut it.
Сторінка 181 - Commons also being very impatient to enter), gave order for the opening of the door, upon which they all rushed in, pushed aside their competitors and placed themselves in the front rows of the gallery. They stayed there till after eleven, when the House rose...
Сторінка 191 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Сторінка 132 - ... so bewrapped them and entangled them, keeping down by force the feather-bed and pillows hard unto their mouths, that within a while...
Сторінка 118 - The badges of this king and queen, the rose and pomegranate, are engraved on various parts of the armour. On the fans of the genouilleres is the Sheaf of Arrows, the device adopted by Ferdinand, the father of Katherine, on his conquest of Granada. Henry's badges, the Portcullis, the Fleur-de-lys, and the Red Dragon, also appear ; and on the edge of the lamboys or skirts are the initials of the royal pair, " HK," united by a true-lover's knot.