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Old and New London
… Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau go higher?" "Old Parr," of whom we …
Old and New London
… on account of the plague, from September 23 till the eve of All Saints' Day. The same occurred again in 1603. Dean …
Survey of London
… 115 The work was finished in 1669. 116 On New Year's eve, 1686, 117 a statue of James II 118 was set up in the … the Privy Garden to the Privy Gallery was the Adam and Eve staircase, 335 so called from a picture of Adam and Eve 336 at the stair head. The room, over the door of which …
Survey of London
… 85 (ii) "repairing an ould peece of painting of Adam and Eve" (see p. 100), "mending and repairing a picture of … fell ill with smallpox, and died at Whitehall on Christmas Eve. On 23rd August, 1662, Charles brought home his queen, …
Old and New London
… the "Shield Gallery," the "Stone Gallery," the "Adam and Eve Gallery" (so named from the picture by Mabuse), and the …
Old and New London
… Street, and the Foreign Office especially, were on the eve of tumbling down. By the elegant and decorative aid of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Napoleon) which is now so abominable. France is on the eve of a revolution. On Saturday last Orsini and Pieiri were …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Went out, cut up wood etc etc. No news. Wet day. Christmas eve. 25. Christmas Day. I call this our grand feeding day; …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc, went on with Lunar mountain. Very wet. Christmas Eve. The bells of Lambeth Church have just been ringing their …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… are able to do without fires quite comfortably. Christmas Eve. Some people think and say a great deal about this time …