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Old and New London
… poetic genius. "The breath had scarcely departed from his body when the great, the titled, and the powerful came … when dying, to have a private funeral, and that her body might not be deposited in the Abbey; but that, instead … had been granted, for, at the Restoration, Mrs. Cromwell's body was taken up and indecently thrown, with others, into a …
Old and New London
… thought that his death was only a ruse and a sham; so his body was taken up and submitted to the ordeal of a coroner's … It is related of Jeremy Bentham, that he bequeathed his body to Dr. Southwood Smith, for the purposes of anatomical …
Old and New London
… made a splendid appearance in St. James's Park. A small body of grenadier dragoons, who came from a lower class, and … received lower pay, was attached to each troop. Another body of household cavalry distinguished by blue coats and … Duke of Wellington, on the 18th of November, 1852. The body was removed from Chelsea Hospital on the previous …
Old and New London
… powers of self-government, and incorporates them as "a body corporate of themselves for ever." This corporation is … entirely in the hands of the aldermen as the governing body. The statutes of 1601 are interesting, as showing the … Westminster were to be united under the management of one body of governors, viz., Emmanuel, St. Margaret's, Palmer's, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… in the manor of Weston, for himself and the heirs of his body; and in default of issue, to Ralph his son, &c. Upon the … very lofty proportions, with a square tower, open to the body of the church by a fine pointed arch. The tower contains …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in which chapel John Laudy, in 1507, directed that his body should be buried. 200 In the south transept to the north … 1902, the several charities are administered by one body of trustees under the title of the Harpenden United … 30, Adeane. Thomas Leventhorp, in 1499, directed that his body be buried before the image of St. Katherine in 'the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Albans Abbey promptly destroyed. On another occasion the body of a shepherd, who had died on the common, was claimed … parishes, and in his haste to assert his right to bury the body, the rector of Wheathampstead neglected to let the …