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Old and New London
… uninviting lane sloping from Fleet Street to the river, with gas works at its foot and mean shops on either side was … a century its bullies and swindlers waged a ceaseless war with their proud and rackety neighbours of the Temple. The … the sullen coal-wagon, was in olden times for ever ringing with clash of swords, the cries of quarrelsome gamblers, and …
Survey of London
… Survey and Ground Plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall, with the Lodgings & Apartments belonging to their Majesties, … that there are several features which are inconsistent with so late a date, and others have emerged during the … 59 At the end of the chapel, in a gallery, was the King's closet, 60 on the left and right hands of which sat the …
Survey of London
… has found handsome and well-furnished apartments, provided with everything that could be wished." 1 In the Privy Purse … vj s viij d [December] "It'm to the clerc of the Kinges closet for his botehire for fetching of certen stuf from … of much greater extent than the latter, and provided with a large park. For this purpose he effected exchanges of …
Old and New London
… who excelled in pert repartee, who was not ashamed to romp with lords of the bedchamber and captains of the guards, to sing sly verses with a sly expression, or to put on a page's dress for a … off. This bust was placed over the door of the king's closet at Whitehall, and continued there until the palace was …
Old and New London
… near the junction of Queen Street and Dartmouth Street with Birdcage Walk. The two are often confounded together, … the one most frequently mentioned in history in connection with distinguished persons. Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, … friends sat in the Princess's boudoir, then termed her 'closet,' and in that sanctum discussed passing events with …
Old and New London
… thereunto adjoining had made a park, walled and environed with brick and stone; and then devised and ordained many and … of the Thames." At this time it consisted of "a mansion with two gardens and three acres of land." Henry VIII., as we … which are partly used for Government stores. The royal closet is described in the reports as being within a few feet …
Old and New London
… XLVIII. WHITEHALL.THE WESTERN SIDE. "A royal house, with learned Muses grac'd, But by his death imperfect and … "point a moral" for Pope: "In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… January-June 1856 JANUARY 1856 1st. Went out, and on with Pantheon. No news. There seems to be a determined … and warm. 2nd. Went to Soho Sq.; drew letters and went on with Pantheon. Went to the Polytechnic Institution. Amusing … late. 3. Went out, drew letters, cut up wood and went on with Pantheon. No news. Dull day. 4. Went to Mr Gibson's, Mrs …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… a map, began shells etc. Fine. Business improving a little with us. 2. Went errands, went on with map, altered diagram etc. Fine. 3. Finished map, went to … the North Eastern Railway (from Durham to Bishop Auckland) with 5 most splendid bridges on it, across the River Wear. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Jan. 1. 1858. Cut up wood, put figures in block, on with Peterboro' Cathedral, etc. Fine. This last year has … It is most opportune, for if we had had a bad season, with the heavy taxes arising from the late Crimean and … grateful. 2. Went to Rowney's, cut up wood, on with Peterboro' Cathedral etc. Weather still remarkably fine. …