The Picture of London, for 1803: Being a Correct Guide to All the Curiosities, Amusements, Exhibitions, Public Establishments, and Remarkable Objects, in and Near London; with a Collection of Appropriate Tables. For the Use of Strangers, Foreigners, and All Persons who are Not Intimately Acquainted with British MetropolisLewis & Company, 1802 - 420 Seiten |
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... eight miles 393 Fleet - prison , description of Fine Arts , general state of Furnival's - inn · 175 27 , 211 ISS 121 Freach Readings , by Mr. Texier 210 Fire , security against 377 G. Garthshore , Dr. his conversatione 248 Gardens ...
... eight miles 393 Fleet - prison , description of Fine Arts , general state of Furnival's - inn · 175 27 , 211 ISS 121 Freach Readings , by Mr. Texier 210 Fire , security against 377 G. Garthshore , Dr. his conversatione 248 Gardens ...
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... eight Winchester bushels ; of coals , 600,000 chaldrons , 36 bushels in each chaldron ; of ale and porter , 1,113,500 barrels , each containing 34 gal- lons ; spirituous liquors and compounds , 11,146,732 gallons ; wine , 32,500 tons ...
... eight Winchester bushels ; of coals , 600,000 chaldrons , 36 bushels in each chaldron ; of ale and porter , 1,113,500 barrels , each containing 34 gal- lons ; spirituous liquors and compounds , 11,146,732 gallons ; wine , 32,500 tons ...
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... eight , each evening with three , besides others on va- rious days of the week , and on Sunday morning . Numerous reviews and magazines are published mouthly . On the tables of every coffee - house of note , are to be found all the ...
... eight , each evening with three , besides others on va- rious days of the week , and on Sunday morning . Numerous reviews and magazines are published mouthly . On the tables of every coffee - house of note , are to be found all the ...
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... eight composite above , supporting a grand pediment ; the whole resting on an elevated base , the ascent to which is by a flight of twenty - two square steps of black marble , running the entire length of the portico . The portico at ...
... eight composite above , supporting a grand pediment ; the whole resting on an elevated base , the ascent to which is by a flight of twenty - two square steps of black marble , running the entire length of the portico . The portico at ...
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... Eight Corin- thian colums , of black and white marble , of exquisite beauty , support the organ gallery . But , surely , they are misplaced , in supporting a wooden structure , of which kind the gallery is . The screen that incloses the ...
... Eight Corin- thian colums , of black and white marble , of exquisite beauty , support the organ gallery . But , surely , they are misplaced , in supporting a wooden structure , of which kind the gallery is . The screen that incloses the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aldgate beautiful beds Bishopsgate Bishopsgate street Blackfriars Blackfriars Road Bloomsbury Bond street Borough Bridge building centre chapel Charing cross Cheapside church Church-yard coach Coffeehouse contains Cornhill Court Covent Garden Crown curious daily dinners Ditto edifice eight elegant eleven England erected excellent exhibited expence feet Fleet street Foundling Hospital four Frequented gallery gate gentlemen George's Gracechurch street Guildhall hall Haymarket hill Holborn Hospital hourly Hyde Park Inner Temple James's King King's Bench London Wall Lord Ludgate hill Mary-le-bone ment Messrs metropolis Middlesex miles nine o'clock Office ornamented Oxford street painted palace Paul's persons Piccadilly present principal prison Queen river road scite seven shillings side situated Society Soho Somerset Place Southwark square stairs stone Strand stranger Surry taste Tavern Temple Thames Street theatre tion Tower twelve walls Westminster Whitechapel Whitehall wines yard
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 290 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Seite 111 - ... in Christ's Hospital; — examine the masters of the king's ships ; appoint pilots for the Thames ; — erect lighthouses and sea-marks ; — grant...
Seite 45 - There are two side aisles lower than ihe nave, in a just proportion, and which certainly unite with the other parts of the edifice, to produce a very harmonious effect. The choir is one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is divided from the western part of the great aisle, by a pair of noble iron gates, and terminates at the east by an elegant altar of white marble *. On the north and south it is enclosed by handsome stalls, in the gothic style. The floor is of marble flags, alternately black and...
Seite 82 - Normans, to secure the allegiance of his subjects ; although it appears, that the Romans had a fort on this spot. The Tower is governed by the constable of the Tower, who, at coronations and other state ceremonies, has the custody of the regalia. The principal entrance...
Seite 261 - Charingcross, in which the commanding grace of the figure, and exquisite form of the horse, are striking to the most unpractised eye.
Seite 48 - Gothic architecture in the world. On its site formerly stood a chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and also a tavern, distinguished by the sign of the White Rose. Henry, resolving to erect a superb mausoleum for himself and his family, pulled down the old chapel and tavern ; and on the llth of...
Seite 109 - But Letters, whether for Town or Country, may be put in at either of the Two Principal Offices Three Quarters of an Hour later for each Dispatch.
Seite 160 - ... an opportunity offers of placing them in a reputable service, or of procuring them the means of obtaining an honest livelihood. No young woman, who has behaved well during her stay in tho house, is discharged unprovided for.
Seite 134 - This excellent combination of the works of art is terminated above, in the segment between the great cornice and ceiling, by a painting of the Ascension, designed by West, and executed by Rebecca, in chiaro oscuro; forming the last of the series of paintings of the life of our Saviour which surround the chapel.