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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Rev. J. Aldis, and in the evening staid at home on account of my cough. Cold and dry. No news. 29. Went on with 'Toast … juvenile party came off. We had a good many games, some music, chemical experiments, etc. 23. Finished Wreath. … to bid farewell to painting. He did it and sent it to the Academy, it was admitted, the Queen saw it at the private …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… that the war has done us (the engravers) a great deal of harm, but we would not have a bad peace on account of … but inside it was a mass of fire. 85,000's worth of music and books, 100 complete suits of armour, are among the … collection has likewise been lately sold. The Royal Academy opened its annual exhibition today. It is I hear but …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. There has just been opened for traffic a new branch of the North Eastern Railway (from Durham to Bishop Auckland) … supper. He is brother in law to the president of the Royal Academy (Sir C. Eastlake), and has been travelling lately for … to Mr Skill's, and Skelton's, cut up wood, began some music. Rainy. My mother's birthday. She went to the Crystal …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… been the greatest distress among all classes in all parts of the country. Let us try to be proportionably grateful. 2. … and Will Farnfield went tonight to a concert at the Surrey Music Hall in aid of the Female Orphan Asylum. 8. Went on … She is seldom a buyer at exhibitions, excepting the Academy. There was a short and sharp thunderstorm this …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Oh, what a world it is. Or at least what a strange world of creatures we are. My father came in this evening and in … in a perfect manaical manner. It resembled the conduct of Frederick the Great's father more than any other example I … in which Mr Mackay was murdered etc. Fine. Today the Royal Academy opened its annual exhibition. My brother Fred …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Gosse's blocks, cut up wood etc. No news. I went part of the afternoon to the Oval to see a cricket match, between the Surrey and the Oxford Clubs. The batting of the former and the fielding of the latter was especially … Guards were entertained today at a dinner at the Surrey music gardens. It was provided for by a public subscription …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… was favoured with a sharp thunderstorm, perhaps a remnant of that one which astonished Liverpool yesterday. The Queen … etc. Dull and heavy sky. In afternoon I went to Royal Academy and was much pleased with Stanfield's sea pieces and … has arrived in London and is showing off at the Surrey music hall, and is creating considerable sensation. 5. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… damage. There was it appears a considerable quantity of saltpetre in the portion of the building on fire, which … a little quiet and freedom. In afternoon went to the Royal Academy and Old Water Colour exhibitions. I thought them both … think more of man than of God. All the fine flourishes in music, walking before the preacher, fine dresses and …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… was enormously expensive to construct, costing upwards of 100,000 per mile, and must be an expensive line to work, as I noticed two gradients of 1 in 95 and one of 1 in 85. 5. Went on with map of … Fred in evening went to the conversazione at the Royal Academy. 28. Finished East Gate, cut up lot of wood, went …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Wicken WICKEN The parish of Wicken occupies some 2,321 acres 37 in the extreme south of Cleley hundred on the north bank of the Great Ouse, which … families (some 60 people in all) at harvest time with music, large bowls of syllabub, bread, cheese and ale, …