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Old and New London
… there are slight traces left. Over the tomb, under a glass case, is preserved an elaborate work (measuring about eleven … same artists were employed on all three works." In each case the monument consists of an altar-tomb, upon which …
Old and New London
… had received orders to be on the alert and ready to act in case of any seditious movement, they rushed to the English …
Old and New London
… has never reached the dignity of a custom here, as in the case of the well-known Pasquin statue at Rome, which gave …
Old and New London
… to be hanged, unless he happened to be a clerk, in which case he was allowed the benefit of clergy." A peculiar … the realm for ever. Sanctuary, however, seems in neither case to have been allowed as a protection to those who … and ultimately to bring in sundry "poor laws" to meet the case of the other large population which had been reduced to …
Survey of London
… 4 feet in width, on each side, The caisson or wooden case, in which the first pier was built, contained 150 loads …
Old and New London
… the county of Chester," with bended bows ready to shoot in case of need, as in that session he intended to try several … are most full and abundant witnesses thereof." A curious case, connected at once with the Peerage and the Court, arose … indicted for the murder of Robert Clerk mentioned in the case next preceding, the king for his trial constituted …
Old and New London
… is so often made in the Old Testament. This was the case not only at Canterbury, at Winchester, and in other … during the challenge, and act as counsel to their 'men' in case there be any doubt as to the correctness of a question … afford a place of refuge for both masters and scholars, in case of an outbreak of that epidemic, setting apart for their …
Old and New London
… in almost every English household. But this was not the case half a century ago. Queen Charlotte, however, true to … be given if a like request should be refused in another case. The Queen, however, sent a request through Sir Charles …
Old and New London
… the usual place of their coronation. The same was the case under the Plantagenet sovereigns, under those of the … long before the reign of Edward the Confessor such was the case; and the statement is corroborated by the fact that the …