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Old and New London
… himself, hearing one hundred pounds were offered for his head, threw himself on the king's mercy by surrendering … Street, the keystone of the arch being sculptured with the head of Edward VI. Bridewell stone bridge over the Fleet was …
Survey of London
… with the rod and ring, and set the cap and coronet on his head. Then "the King arose and went up to Dinner, but the … order made in 1683 120 for "the New roome which is at ye head of the Kings Guard Chamber Stayres & over the Passage … so called from a picture of Adam and Eve 336 at the stair head. The room, over the door of which the picture hung, was …
Survey of London
… going to meet them as far as the guard chamber at the head of the stairs, and being conducted to the presence … to bee sould, nor the greasie Scullions to bee seene over Head and Eares in a Kettle full of Kidnies, nor anything else … and 424. (i) "And also the council had put into the king's head that the new gallery at Esher, which my lord had late …
Old and New London
… events, notified by Shakespeare in the lines quoted at the head of this chapter. To give a detailed account of all the … keener eye The axe's edge did try; Then bowed his kingly head Down, as upon a bed." In a rare book, called … that "this R. Brandon is supposed to have cut off the head of Charles the First." This man is said to have been the …
Old and New London
… James's Palace, which thenceforward became known as the head-quarters of the English Court. On page 355 there will be … with a medical gentleman who had in his possession the head of Oliver Cromwell, and in order to gratify my curiosity … me a note (of introduction) to him. There accompanied the head a memorandum relating to its history. It had been torn …
Old and New London
… which was taken out of the ear of Charles I., after his head was cut off. Here, also, was the Barberini or Portland … Treasury and to the House of Commons, it soon became the head-quarters of the Whigs, and the chief centre of … and Ragged Staffe,' the 'Angel,' the 'King Harry ( sic) Head.'" It is almost needless to add that all trace and …
Old and New London
… under the arm, and instead of a helmet, covered his head with a buttoned cap of the country fashion," as Walpole … of the Yeomen of the Guard, one of them carrying on his head a large gold dish, containing one hundred and fifty …
Old and New London
… or open hearse, decorated with a carved imitation of the head and stern of the Victory, surrounded with escutcheons of … was his own First Lord the last time?" The duke shook his head, and replied in the negative. "It was James II., sir." … of private interests and domestic matters, into which the head of the army fully enters, with a view to serving the …
Magna Britannia
… works at Whitehaven, who died in 1788: the latter has a head of the deceased in a medallion. These chapels are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and of two trefoiled lights with tracery in a two-centred head. Fittings Font: hemispherical bowl, with moulded …