Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including Characteristic Sketches, Antiquarian, Topographical, Descriptive, and Literary, Band 1Hurst, Chance, and Company, 1829 |
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... feet beneath the present surface ; and that almost to the beight of ten feet , it was compiled of rag - stone , with single layers of broad tiles interposed , each layer being at the dis- tance of two feet from each other . The tiles ...
... feet beneath the present surface ; and that almost to the beight of ten feet , it was compiled of rag - stone , with single layers of broad tiles interposed , each layer being at the dis- tance of two feet from each other . The tiles ...
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... feet . rule followed by the makers of these bricks , was very nearly the same with that exhibited on the monument of Cossutius in the Colotian Garden of Rome , which that admirable ma- thematician , Mr. Greaves , has , with great reason ...
... feet . rule followed by the makers of these bricks , was very nearly the same with that exhibited on the monument of Cossutius in the Colotian Garden of Rome , which that admirable ma- thematician , Mr. Greaves , has , with great reason ...
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... feet , a Roman pavement was found , composed of small irregular bricks , in length two inches , in breadth one and a half , mostly red , but some few black and white : they were strongly ce- mented with a yellowish mortar , and were ...
... feet , a Roman pavement was found , composed of small irregular bricks , in length two inches , in breadth one and a half , mostly red , but some few black and white : they were strongly ce- mented with a yellowish mortar , and were ...
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... - las Lane ; the workmanship of which was extremely rude . These discoveries were all made within the depth of from nine to sixteen feet . In the more recent depositions of soil above , some Nuremburg counters , 24 LONDINIANA .
... - las Lane ; the workmanship of which was extremely rude . These discoveries were all made within the depth of from nine to sixteen feet . In the more recent depositions of soil above , some Nuremburg counters , 24 LONDINIANA .
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... feet six inches below the carriage - way , in searching for a sewer opposite to the easternmost columns of the The account of these discoveries in the Archæologia is illustrated by several engravings , in which many fragments of pottery ...
... feet six inches below the carriage - way , in searching for a sewer opposite to the easternmost columns of the The account of these discoveries in the Archæologia is illustrated by several engravings , in which many fragments of pottery ...
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Seite 159 - ... last night to get things ready against our feast today, Jane called us up about three in the morning to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city.
Seite 151 - ... but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods : such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Seite 163 - We staid till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and all on fire, and flaming at once; and a horrid noise the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their mine. So home with a sad heart...
Seite 162 - Stokes, receiving some friend's goods, whose house itself was burned the day after. We parted at Paul's; he home, and I to Paul's Wharf, where I had appointed a boat to attend me, and took in Mr. Carcasse and his brother, whom I met in the street, and carried them below and above bridge too.
Seite 155 - Cornhill, etc., with extraordinary difficulty, clambering over heaps of yet smoking rubbish, and frequently mistaking where I was. The ground under my feet so hot that it even burnt the soles of my shoes.
Seite 160 - Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river, or bringing them into lighters...
Seite 168 - ... there good hopes of saving our office ; but great endeavours of watching all night, and having men ready; and so we lodged them in the office, and had drink and bread and cheese for them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight, though when I rose I heard that there had been a great alarme of French and Dutch being risen, which proved nothing.
Seite 161 - So I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw; and that, unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire. They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no houses, but to pull down before the fire every way.
Seite 225 - 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.
Seite 161 - That he needed no more soldiers; and that, for himself, he must go and refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tar, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oyle, and wines, and brandy, and other things.