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The Environs of London
… London's sulphurous clouds, And not far distant stands my rural cot; Neither obnoxious to intruding crouds, Nor for … spleen, Or the gay city's idle pleasures cloy; Swist as my changing wish; I change the scene, And now the country, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… directed that he should be buried in the churchyard 'of my parish church of Little Stoke in Bratton'. 72 The advowson …
Old and New London
… of Valois; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands, and I did kiss her mouth, reflecting upon it that I did kiss a queen, and that this was my birthday, thirty-six years old, that I did kiss a queen." … of Beings, have compassion on me!" And underneath it "For my King often, for my Country ever." His grace died in the …
Old and New London
… where I first did swoon? Warwick. 'Tis call'd Jerusalem, my noble lord. Henry. Laud be to God! ev'n there my life must end. It hath been prophesied me many a year I … Tickell's elegy: "Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his …
Old and New London
… Then the Duke and the King, with a sceptre (carried by my Lord Sandwich) and sword and wand before him, and the … passed through the ceremonies of the coronation, which, to my great grief, I and most in the Abbey could not see. The … by the Lord Chancellor, and meddalls flung up and down by my Lord Cornwallis, of silver, but I could not come by any. …
Old and New London
… Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my waking sight: the tombs And monumental caves of death look … of the architect, without any modern mixtures to show my own inventions." We have given on page 409 a reproduction … a glance, standing on the opposite side to where I and my fair companion were similarly occupied. The procession …
Old and New London
… marking his behaviour, turned unto him and said: 'Be glad, my good son; there is not another prince in the world that … as it were disdainfully, thus: 'Why dost marvel at that? my father doing it thinketh it not more than becometh him; … history. His children stood beside him. Pointing to them, "My lords," said he, "I have now delayed your lordships longer …
Old and New London
… school to be read. "The other day," writes Cowper, "I sent my imagination upon a trip thirty years behind me. She was … high favour with the master, received a silver groat for my exercise, and had the pleasure of seeing it sent from form … gentleman saying, "Dr. Busby was a great man! he whipped my grandfather, a very great man! I should have gone to him …
Old and New London
… or two officers, went throughout the ranks, telling them, 'My lads, my crown cannot purchase you straw to-night; but depend on … be here to-morrow forenoon; as a substitute for the straw, my servants will instantly serve you with a good allowance of …
Old and New London
… of coaches, there was a falling out between a drayman and my Lord of Chesterfield's coachman, and one of his footmen … and never heard the report of a gun without calling out, "My son is shot." Mr. Noble, in his "Memoirs of the Cromwell … bright, like a drawn sword or a pistol. Upon which my lord drew out his sword with the scabbard on it, and …