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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… organs of municipal independence, these trappings of civic pride, did not mature and were not multiplied. No charter was … only formal. A steward of the borough, who until the 1830's was also the steward of the capital manor, presided with … circumstances it must be supposed that most of the town's business was conducted, as in any rural manor, in manorial …
Old and New London
… Our great Cathedral fane in silence bound." Whitehead's "Legends of London." Etymology of WestminsterA Startling … picture of the Abbey in the days of its glory and pride, in the age of the Plantagenets: "The abbot took his … leisure to prayer he entered the church quietly, without pride or ostentation, not with a loud noise, but with tears …
Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The ChapelsGeneral Description of the South … with the exclamation, "How much reason mortals have to pride themselves in the existence of such and so great an …
Old and New London
… side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here … use.' 'Nay,' said the doomed sovereign, with an insolent pride, 'it is but a bed-chamber to the palace that I will ere … trumpets before it. Whereupon that young man, conceiving a pride in his heart, beheld the standers-by with a more …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and WashhousesMechanics' … Market; and several other suggestions on which we pride ourselves as original designs of our own times, are all …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." … the young princess, thus gaily caparisoned, and in all her pride and beauty, before time had ploughed wrinkles on her …
Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in … offence that he ever willingly gave you, but out of the pride and haughtiness of your own self; for that in the false … see the gallants do begin to be tyred with the vanity and pride of the theatre actors, who are indeed grown very proud …
Survey of London
… appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … mass of buildings, of differing styles and dates. James II's rebuilding of the privy gallery and of the Queen's riverside apartments must, on the other hand, have resulted …
Survey of London
… Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at … Persian Arras and Turky worke (like the Bishops) for their pride taken downe "In the Cockpit and Revelling Roomes, where … for 80 years. In the following year steps were taken to "purge" Whitehall. A list was, on 18th June, ordered to be …
Old and New London
… Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." … so many proofs of his amazing wealth, splendour, and pride. It was from Whitehall Stairs that the "great Lord … was not beheaded by either Colonel Joyce or Colonel Pride, as was then commonly believed; but that the real name …