London and Its Environs: A Practical Guide to the Metropolis and Its Vicinity, Illustrated by Maps, Plans and ViewsA. & C. Black, 1862 - 391 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... seen , and what is the best way of seeing it , leaving those who would study manners and customs , or the works of art , constructive , architectural , or pictorial , or the minute details which compose the vast result called London ...
... seen , and what is the best way of seeing it , leaving those who would study manners and customs , or the works of art , constructive , architectural , or pictorial , or the minute details which compose the vast result called London ...
Pàgina vii
... seen played in perfection . We add a few hints to strangers who wish to make as much of their time as possible in London : - In the first place , study well the plan of the metropolis , so as to acquire a knowledge of the localities of ...
... seen played in perfection . We add a few hints to strangers who wish to make as much of their time as possible in London : - In the first place , study well the plan of the metropolis , so as to acquire a knowledge of the localities of ...
Pàgina 18
... seen about the streets , which in some respects resemble an omnibus , with policemen for drivers and conductors , are the vehicles employed to remove offenders from the police- offices to prison . Between 60,000 and 70,000 cases are ...
... seen about the streets , which in some respects resemble an omnibus , with policemen for drivers and conductors , are the vehicles employed to remove offenders from the police- offices to prison . Between 60,000 and 70,000 cases are ...
Pàgina 19
... seen in which the links or torches of past times were put out . There are now eighteen gas companies in the Metropolis , pro- ducing about 5000 millions of cubic feet of gas in the year . More than 2000 miles of pipes have been laid ...
... seen in which the links or torches of past times were put out . There are now eighteen gas companies in the Metropolis , pro- ducing about 5000 millions of cubic feet of gas in the year . More than 2000 miles of pipes have been laid ...
Pàgina 26
... seen . The white bait is a fish from two to three inches long , closely allied to the herring , pilchard , and sprat , known to zoologists under the name of clupea alba . " The fashion of enjoying the excellent course of fish , as ...
... seen . The white bait is a fish from two to three inches long , closely allied to the herring , pilchard , and sprat , known to zoologists under the name of clupea alba . " The fashion of enjoying the excellent course of fish , as ...
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Pàgina 198 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Pàgina 306 - My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there ; I do beseech you send for some of them.
Pàgina 96 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of* some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Pàgina 96 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Pàgina 96 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Pàgina 100 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.
Pàgina 258 - In emblematic figures, show The merits of their trade. That clients may infer from thence How just is their profession, The Lamb sets forth their Innocence, The Horse their Expedition. 0 happy Britons ! happy isle ! Let foreign nations say, Where you get justice without guile, And law without delay.
Pàgina 261 - Thames' broad aged back do ride, Where now the studious lawyers have their bowers, There whylome wont the Templar Knights to bide, Till they decayed through pride...
Pàgina 109 - Shorthand he wrote, his flower 'in prime did fade, And hasty death short-hand of him hath made.
Pàgina 261 - I have been many a time in the chambers in the Temple which were his, and passed up the staircase, which Johnson, and Burke, and Reynolds trod to see their friend, their poet, their kind Goldsmith, — the stair on which the poor women sat weeping bitterly when they heard that the greatest and most generous of all men was dead within the black oak door.