Cruchley's Picture of London, or visitor's assistantG.F. Cruchley, 1842 - 294 стор. |
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Сторінка 153 - Bridge : to the estates and fortunes of the citizens it was merciless, but to their lives very favourable, that it might in all things resemble the last conflagration of the world. The destruction was sudden, for in a small space of time the same city was seen most flourishing, and reduced to nothing.
Сторінка 153 - Faith, a most gracious prince, commiserating the deplorable state of things, whilst the ruins were yet smoking provided for the comfort of his citizens, and the ornament of his city ; remitted their taxes, and referred the petitions of the magistrates and inhabitants to the parliament ; who immediately passed an act, that public works should be restored to greater beauty, with public money, to be raised by an imposition on coals; that churches, and the cathedral of St. Paul's, should be rebuilt from...
Сторінка 153 - It consumed eighty-nine churches, the City gates, Guildhall, many public structures, hospitals, schools, libraries, a vast number of stately edifices, thirteen thousand two hundred dwelling-houses, four hundred streets.
Сторінка 87 - BLOIS, natural son of King Stephen, who died 1106. The second is a raised stone, of Sussex marble, under which lies interred the Abbot LAURENTIUS, who died in 1176, and is said to have been the first who obtained from Pope Alexander III., the privilege of using the Mitre, Ring, and Glove.
Сторінка 264 - This splendid suite of rooms command a most beautiful prospect of the surrounding country, and are enriched with a valuable collection of paintings, by the first masters, originally made by Charles II. and considerably augmented in the reign of George III. Entering by a door under a Gothic porch, adjoining to King John's tower, a staircase conducts the visitor to a small oaken vestibule. From this spot is seen a splendid portrait of Sir...
Сторінка 153 - ... made; the sewers cleansed; the streets made straight and regular, such as were steep levelled, and those too narrow made wider; markets and shambles removed to separate places. They also enacted that every house should be built with party .walls ; and all in front raised of equal height, and their walls, all of square stone or brick; and that no man should delay beyond the space of seven years.
Сторінка 16 - Lollards' tower, at the western extremity of the chapel, contains a small room wainscotted with oak, on which are inscribed several names and portions of sentences in ancient characters, and the walls are furnished with large rings, to which the Lollards, and other persons confined for heretical opinions, are supposed to have been affixed. In the grounds, which are...
Сторінка 75 - Anne. In the sixth and last compartment, the first figure is intended for King Edward the Confessor. The other figure is a Benedictine Monk.
Сторінка 263 - VIII. contained only the skeleton of that monarch; and as no additional historical facts were attainable by inspecting that of his consort, the vault was then closed. Adjoining the altar, on the north side of the choir, is a gallery, now termed the Queen's Closet, which is fitted up for the accommodation of her Majesty when attending Divine Service ; the curtains, chairs, and other appurtenances are of garter blue silk, and the windows are ornamented with several pieces of ancient stained glass,...
Сторінка 71 - The names of the several Chapels, beginning from the south cross, and so passing round to the north cross, are in order as follows : — 1 . St. Benedict ; 2. St. Edmund ; 3. St. Nicholas; 4. Henry VII. ; 5. St. Paul; 6. St. Edward the Confessor ; 7. St. Erasmus ; 8. Islip's Chapel, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist ; 9. St. John, St. Michael, and St. Andrew. The three last are now laid together.