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Old and New London
… but we may well imagine that even the learned doctor's head was a little turned by the unexpected and flattering … all messages in the Riding House, it being in a manner head-quarters. When he was told that part of the mob was … in a "common stage wagon," when the semi-circular head, the most beautiful portion of the design, was …
Old and New London
… a Marquisate by William IV. in 1831, in favour of the then head of the Grosvenor family, whose property, within the …
Old and New London
… Mr. John Timbs, stood a little to the north of Blue Boar's Head Yard, on the west side of the street. If we may accept … himself by trade before his accession to the baronetcy as head of the family. Dudley, the second Lord North, had a … Among these coffee-houses and hostelries was the "King's Head" Inn, where there was held an "ordinary," as far back as …
Old and New London
… statistician, shows that the "Quartier de la Cit"now the head-quarters of the thieves of Pariswas formerly the site of … "represents a bearded bust in profile, with a bare head." James I., with all his learning and pedantry, was, …
Old and New London
… enclosure takes somewhat the shape of a boy's kite, the head or broad part of which, towards Whitehall, is bordered …
Old and New London
… Edward III., a man was taken "practising with a dead man's head, and brought to the bar at the King's Bench, where, … Street; the "Maidenhead," or, more properly, the "Maiden's Head"in other words, that of "Our Lady;" the "St. George and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Fairclough, 1630. Piscina: in S. aisle, with plain pointed head, 15th-century. Plate: includes a cup of 1638 and a paten …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… I have noted was Gerbert de Archis lord also of Grove, the head of his barony, in the time of king H. 2. Gilbert de …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… modern; between them is a blocked doorway with a segmental head, of uncertain date. In the modern S. wall are two modern … each wall, a window of two trefoiled lights in a rounded head. On the S. face of the parapet is a carved gargoyle. The … in sill of N.E. window, portion only with part of round head of cross, late 13th-century. In tower re-used in recess …