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… The procession arrived at Whitehall Stairs about three o'clock, having been about three hours rowing up from … her way to and from opening or proroguing Parliament. The clock in the turret which surmounts the centre of the … mounted, and in uniform, do duty from ten to four o'clock every day. The Horse Guards is somewhat appropriately …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… to form a cabinet. 6. Finished 'Saltspoon' and altered a clock of Mr Gibson's drawing. A drizzly day. No news. Lord … wood etc. The cold weather broke up today. The sun at 12 o'clock was pretty warm and it continued thawing all the rest … the city. All business is consequently suspended after 9 o'clock. The police seem apprehensive of an assassination of …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… went to Mr Cooke's to dinner and is not home now, 12 o'clock p.m. It is rarely he keeps out so late. 3. Went out, … news. They are putting on a most ugly termination to the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament; so bad that it … of a conflagration at Covent Garden theatre. I went at 7 o'clock to see it, and the inside was then a mass of flames …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and evening. Very rainy. This morning about past 11 o'clock, I was blessed with another brother. 35 We are now 10 … was very severe for a few hours. In the evening about 8 o'clock a fire broke out in our friend Henry Doulton's pottery, … cuts, went errands etc. Yesterday afternoon at a to 2 o'clock another princess (the 9 th child) was born to the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… a heavy fall of snow, and this morning it began at 11 o'clock and has continued falling until now. Today the Princess … sent notice to the gallery that she would visit it at 4 o'clock. She is seldom a buyer at exhibitions, excepting the … from Port smouth in Bishopstoke Station at about 8 o'clock. The 3 last carriages o/f the train ran off the lines …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Abbey in afternoon, Dean Trench preached. About past 7 o'clock this morning we had a very sharp thunderstorm, during … cuts, wrote letter etc. Fine On Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock my uncle Ebenezer's wife died at Debenham in Suffolk, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… to Mr Foster's etc. No news. A sharp thunderstorm at 6 o'clock this morning; after that a very fine day. 15. Sunday. … to get the things packed up tonight, as we start at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning for Eastbourne. July 21 to August 9. I … so they will make them dear! A large fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning at the works of Mr Baker, timber merchant …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… conveyed over Westminster Bridge, the great bell for the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. It is about 8 feet … My father went to Mr Green's to dinner. Last night at 12 o'clock our friend Mr Leigh died. He had been in the Bank of … one of the firmest men I knew of. My mother saw him at 5 o'clock last night and went today. 6. Drew diagrams etc. Fine …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… for his journey tomorrow. Was not in bed till past 12 o'clock. 4. My father and Fred went this morning (per North … The rain stopped the match I spoke of yesterday, until 1 o'clock today, when Lockyer and J. Lillywhite again went in, … attended to general business etc. Fine day but is now (9 o'clock) lightening badly in the west. My uncle in the business …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… which commenced at 7 and although I was there at 5 o'clock and waited more than an hour, yet the cathedral was …