Chronicles of London BridgeSmith, Elder, 1827 - 687 стор. |
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... King Richard the Second , a sumptuous dinner , in 1397. Then too , when this spot became the property of the merry Henry Plantagenet , Prince of Wales , by the gift of Henry the Fourth , the same King filled his cellars with ' twenty ...
... King Richard the Second , a sumptuous dinner , in 1397. Then too , when this spot became the property of the merry Henry Plantagenet , Prince of Wales , by the gift of Henry the Fourth , the same King filled his cellars with ' twenty ...
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... King Olaf , how- ever , I wish you to observe the paction which he made with the English King Ethelred , for we shall find him hereafter closely connected with the history of Lon- don Bridge . The same authority , and under the same ...
... King Olaf , how- ever , I wish you to observe the paction which he made with the English King Ethelred , for we shall find him hereafter closely connected with the history of Lon- don Bridge . The same authority , and under the same ...
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... King Sweyn's laws : the Citizens of London alone , with their lawful King'- Ethelred the Second- betook themselves within the walls , having securely closed the gates . Against their ferocious assailants , the Danes , they were sup ...
... King Sweyn's laws : the Citizens of London alone , with their lawful King'- Ethelred the Second- betook themselves within the walls , having securely closed the gates . Against their ferocious assailants , the Danes , they were sup ...
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... King Ethelred , ' - his name , you know , is Adalradr in the original , - attacked and forcibly fought against ; but ... King Ethelred being thereby enraged , yet anxiously desirous of finding out some means by which he might gain the ...
... King Ethelred , ' - his name , you know , is Adalradr in the original , - attacked and forcibly fought against ; but ... King Ethelred being thereby enraged , yet anxiously desirous of finding out some means by which he might gain the ...
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... King Ethelred , thus begins his account of the action , entitling it , in the Scandinavian tongue , Orrosta , or the fight . King Olaf , having determined on the con- struction of an immense scaffold , to be formed of wooden poles and ...
... King Ethelred , thus begins his account of the action , entitling it , in the Scandinavian tongue , Orrosta , or the fight . King Olaf , having determined on the con- struction of an immense scaffold , to be formed of wooden poles and ...
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Сторінка 667 - The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
Сторінка 314 - Then marched he forward out of his own house at Westminster, passing through all London over London Bridge, having before him of gentlemen a great number, three in rank, in black velvet livery coats, and the most part of them with great chains of gold about their necks.
Сторінка 153 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Сторінка 495 - January 2nd, 1739-40, it is observed that " several vintners in the Strand bought a large ox in Smithfield on Monday last, which is to be roasted whole on the ice on the river of Thames, if the frost continues. Mr. Hodgeson, a butcher in St. James's Market, claims the privilege of selling or knocking down the beast, as a right inherent in his family, his father having knocked down the ox roasted on the river in the great frost, 1684, as himself did that roasted in 1715, near Hungerford Stairs. The...
Сторінка xvii - It ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes; which delivered o'er to the voice, — the tongue, — which is the birth, becomes excellent wit.
Сторінка 493 - Her neck grew warpt beneath autumnal loads Of various fruit ; she now a basket bore : That head, alas ! shall basket bear no more. Each booth she frequent past in quest of gain, ssa And boys with pleasure heard her shrilling strain.
Сторінка 493 - Doll ev'ry day had walk'd these treach'rous roads; Her neck grew warpt beneath autumnal loads Of various fruit; she now a basket bore, That head, alas! shall basket bear no more. Each booth she frequent past, in quest of gain, And boys with pleasure heard her shrilling strain. Ah Doll! all mortals must resign their breath, And industry it self submit to death! The cracking crystal yields, she sinks, she dies, Her head, chopt off, from her lost shoulders flies: Pippins she cry'd, but death her voice...
Сторінка 467 - to that degree, that another city, as it were, was erected thereon ; where, by the great number of streets and shops, with their rich furniture, it represented a great fair, with a variety of carriages, and diversions of all sorts ; and near Whitehall a whole ox was roasted on the ice.
Сторінка 467 - ... tooke a fancy to have their names printed, and the day and yeare set down when printed on the Thames ' ; this humour tooke so universally, that 'twas estimated the printer gain'd £5.
Сторінка 25 - Ethelred attacked and forcibly fought against ; but, by the resistance of the Danes, it proved but a vain endeavour. There was, at that time, a bridge erected over the river between the City and Southwark, so wide, that if two carriages met, they could pass each other.