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A Dictionary of London
… a gate at the end of the alley that could be closed at night, these gates being very common at that time, or there …
Survey of London
… to enlarging "the scaffolde in the hall one Twelfe night" and to providing "syse, cullers, Assidew and other … notable masques given in the Great Hall was on the second night following the wedding of the Princess Elizabeth in … 1665, and on 20th April Pepys records: "This night I am told the first play is played in Whitehall …
Survey of London
… by a masque in the Banqueting House proper. On the next night another masque was given in the Great Hall. The elector … Revelling Roomes, where at a Play or Masque the darkest night was converted to the brightest Day that ever shin'd, by … the west end of Westminster Hall, where (except for one night when he was brought back to St. James's) he lodged …
Old and New London
… devices subtilly devised. Thus passed they forth the whole night with banqueting, dancing, and other triumphant devices, … read, in a letter from John Stanhope to Lord Talbot, "Thys night, God wylling, she [the queen] will go to Richmond, and … and then to set out from Chelsea, when it was "dark night," for Whitehall, where the Lord Mayor and aldermen met …
Old and New London
… act well befitting the Stuart character. During a stormy night," he adds, "the head in the centre, that of Cromwell, …
Old and New London
… and to give it to her without saying anything. The night was exceeding dark, and guards were set in several …
Old and New London
… the right as we enter, lay Nelson's body in state, on the night of January 8th, 1806, previous to its being buried the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 'Volute.' A half holiday. Staid at home. It rained in the night and then froze, which made the roads in consequence … Gilbert's. 8. Traced some more hieroglyphics. Snowed last night and all today. It lays very thick on the ground. A … Freezing hard, the Thames quite chocked up with ice. Last night an enormous fire took place near Blackfriars Bridge, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… man to deal with, that. The Rev. Mr Branch is dead. Last night I went to the 3 rd annual exhibition of photographs in … news. Another sudden change in the weather. It froze last night. Business bad very. It did not pay its expenses last … Today Parliament met. I am invited to a party tomorrow night at Mr Hepburn's. A dull day. Cold. 1. February. Went on …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and was expected to go ashore; which he did the night that he arrived. It drove on the rocks perfectly … very bad state from being exposed the greater part of the night to the fury of the waves and the blinding and freezing … took place. He describes it thus, "I was woke up in the night by a violent heaving motion; I thought somebody was …