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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… made out lots of blocks etc. Very cold and snowing. The great Bell (big Ben by name) for the Houses of Parliament is … of the Victoria Tower, veiled as it is by the gloom of the great archway, looks really magnificent, and speaks silently … The progress they have made in portraits is very great (during the last year), but landscape and architecture …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… the destroyer, has been making his ravages among the great ones of the earth. This morning's Times contained the … of compliment, yet I cannot but feel flattered by so great praise, from so great a master of his art. The drawing was merely done as a …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… manaical manner. It resembled the conduct of Frederick the Great's father more than any other example I can give. 4. … as it is very dispiriting to a man with 10 children and no great fortune not to be able to obtain work to do. Very … 76 Rainy. 15. Went numerous errands, marked out and cut up great deal of wood, went on with Tench etc. 16. Marked out …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… that Lord Raglan was dead. A loss to his friends but a great benefit to the nation. It is said that the French … Fine day but raining hard in the evening. This will do a great deal of good as it is much needed. I think it is most … on the allies before Sebastopol, but were defeated with great loss. 11. Went out, cut up wood and began the 'Ruins of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… came home today from Ham. 22. Went on with map, cut up a great deal of wood for Skill and Prior etc. No news. Showery. … before. 1. Sept. Finished map etc. No news. Fine with a great deal of lightening. 2. Went on with another map. No … of all the Russians is at last crowned at Moscow with great pomp and ceremony and also what is remarkable, without …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… My brother Fred's birthday, 19 years old. He went down per Great Western Railway to see my mother at Burnham. By the bye … Society, who was killed in consequence of getting out of a Great Northern train, while it was still in motion. The … Sydenham, being the first shilling day on which the great fountains and the whole system of waterworks have …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… sketches etc. The day before yesterday there was a great fire in the London docks, which has done immense … friends of the late Mr Cox commenced an action against the Great Northern Railway Company to recover damages for the … rails. Three have already died, more are expected and a great number are wounded. 10. Went to Mr Smiles, cut up wood, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… parcels etc. Fine. Today I learn the conclusion of the great cricket match between England and Surrey. Unfortunate … windy. Yesterday there was a trial of the engines of the Great Eastern, [which] was perfectly satisfactory. 10. Went … and it will, like his other specs, not have I expect very great success. Went on to the Rye in the evening. Fine. 12. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 2000 acres: it abounds with coal, which is raised in great quantities; and lead-ore is also found. The living is …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… p. 94). Fruits of Richardson's vicarage of St. Peter the Great (subdeanery) sequestrated 16 June on d. of incumbent. …