Chronicles of London BridgeSmith, Elder, 1827 - 687 стор. |
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... notice , vol . i . page 509 , takes occasion to speak somewhat of his history ; collected , most pro- bably , from Adam of Bremen's Historia Ecclesiarum Hamburgensis et Bremensis . He was the Son of Herald Grenscius , Prince of Westfold ...
... notice , vol . i . page 509 , takes occasion to speak somewhat of his history ; collected , most pro- bably , from Adam of Bremen's Historia Ecclesiarum Hamburgensis et Bremensis . He was the Son of Herald Grenscius , Prince of Westfold ...
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... notice only one of these , because it is contiguous to London Bridge , which is called St. Olave , Southwark . It stands , as you very well know , on < the Northern side of Tooley Street ; and although 1008. ] 27 LONDON BRIDGE .
... notice only one of these , because it is contiguous to London Bridge , which is called St. Olave , Southwark . It stands , as you very well know , on < the Northern side of Tooley Street ; and although 1008. ] 27 LONDON BRIDGE .
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... notice , that there is a singularly curious , although , probably , fabulous tract of 30 pages , of his life , the title of which I shall give you at length . The True History of the Life and sudden Death of old John Overs , the rich ...
... notice , that there is a singularly curious , although , probably , fabulous tract of 30 pages , of his life , the title of which I shall give you at length . The True History of the Life and sudden Death of old John Overs , the rich ...
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... notice this most dreadful devastation ; for at page 137 , of the best edition by Dr. Thomas Gale , volume ii . of his Historia Anglicanæ Scriptores xv . Oxford , 1691 , folio , they merely state that a vehement wind struck down London ...
... notice this most dreadful devastation ; for at page 137 , of the best edition by Dr. Thomas Gale , volume ii . of his Historia Anglicanæ Scriptores xv . Oxford , 1691 , folio , they merely state that a vehement wind struck down London ...
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... Pageants were presented which I shall very speedily have to notice . Before , however , that we arrive at any events so entertaining as these , I n and you will find it under the 60th Psalm , 1381. ] 185 LONDON BRIDGE .
... Pageants were presented which I shall very speedily have to notice . Before , however , that we arrive at any events so entertaining as these , I n and you will find it under the 60th Psalm , 1381. ] 185 LONDON BRIDGE .
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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.