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Old and New London
… between the wall of St. James's Palace, and "the way to Reading," as Piccadilly was formerly called, was before the …
Survey of London
… (Ills 147e, 152). In the centre aisle were the minister's reading-desk and pulpit. It reminded later commentators of a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was interested, two places each were reserved; two to Reading, where the founder was born; and one to Tonbridge … either boys preparing for the University or undergraduates reading for the B.A. degree; and Case's house was recognized … of Ely. He was succeeded by William Laud. When one of the Reading fellowships became vacant in Nov. 1589, and …
Old and New London
… the epistle side of the chanceland the old pulpit and reading-desk, which are different in character and position …
Old and New London
… the critical improvement of English lexicography; by the reading at public meetings of interesting papers on history, … of their various trades. Lectures, classes, discussions, reading and conversation meetings, and a library, are the …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… me in my absence; who have not only been interrupted in reading divine service; but threatn'd to be pistol'd, if they …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… from the two great pillars of the tower. The eagle, or reading-desk, adjoined the east pillar of the south aisle of … The pulpit, and the noble brass eagle in front of the reading-desk, were set up at the side of the middle aisle, … porch, on the spectator's left hand, standing near the reading-desk in the centre, and looking towards the organ, 1. …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… dyed in his Infancy) & Dorothy who Survives." Before the reading-desk is the stone figure of a man, having the legs … font that stood there. The pulpit was behind the eagle, or reading-desk, and exactly opposite to the mayor's pew, a …