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Old and New London
… Sanquhar Murders the Fencing-MasterHis TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of … bridge over the Fleet was painted by Hayman, Hogarth's friend, and engraved by Grignon, as the frontispiece to the … the City Gas Company, was buried, in 1752, Dr. Johnson's friend and protg, poor blameless Levett. The last interment …
Survey of London
… PALACEBUILDINGS Sorbire came to England about 1665, and has left his impressions on record. One of the places … very stately, because the rest of the Palace is ill Built, and nothing but a heap of Houses, erected at divers times, … middle of the winter Father Hall "receaved a letter from a friend at London, wherein he told me that the Diall, for want …
Old and New London
… the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., … he wished to be known to posterity only as Shakespeare's friend, Ben Jonson's master, and the patron of Lord … there as the English," and was fortunate in finding a friend in Sir John Graham, who presented him to the king, in …
Old and New London
… Historical remarks (continued) CHAPTER XLVI. WHITEHALL, AND ITS HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES (continued). "Non isto … Restoration of the PalaceThe Cock-pitCromwell and Sir Roger L'EstrangeDeath of Oliver CromwellThe Ultimate … the remark of a contemporary writer, who, addressing a friend in Paris, tells him that it is worth while to come to …
Old and New London
… Whitehall Precinct and gardens CHAPTER XLVII. WHITEHALL:ITS PRECINCT, GARDENS, … Senec prdivitis hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName changed to Whitehall GardensLady Hervey and Sir Thomas RobinsonSir Robert Peel's HousePembroke House …
Old and New London
… with learned Muses grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. … into the Admiralty OfficeThe Semaph ore TelegraphAuthority and Jurisdiction of the AdmiraltyCareer of Lord Sandwich at … TreasuryDowning Street: its Political Associations, and Anecdotes of Former OccupantsThe Old Foreign OfficeThe …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the reign of Edward II. The family long continued connected with the place; and a Richard Whittingham, who had two sons and a daughter, was living in the middle of the last century. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Diary, January-June 1856 JANUARY 1856 1st. Went out, and on with Pantheon. No news. There seems to be a determined … 12 at night; which we did to oblige Mr Brown in carrying a friend in the carriage. No news. 13. Went out and on with … 25. Began drawing 'Spider's Web.' No news. Cold day. Our friend Mr Brown of Streatham has been taken dangerously ill, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… will now I think bear comparison with any of the roads and bridges that the Romans have left us. My father has been … meeting at our chapel, on the occasion of a lecture by our friend Mr Bailey, who afterwards told him that he had been … to see the collection of prints, books etc of our late friend Mr Leigh. The books are nearly all choice, more than …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… season, with the heavy taxes arising from the late Crimean and Persian, and the present Indian and Chinese wars and to crown all, the … to sketch railway carriages. Raining slightly. Our old friend Mr Watts (of the firm Doulton and Watts for 41 years) …