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Old and New London
… were lying all around; I stepp'd with noiseless foot, as though the sound of mortal tread Might burst the … make it a matter of conscience to offer up a prayer at the foot of the coffin which still holds the saint's bones. The …
Old and New London
… told, were lined with double rows of soldiers, horse and foot. The Conqueror rode through the ranks, and entered the … whom the Dean and Prebends proceeded, and arrived at the foot of the stone steps ascending to the throne, where they …
Old and New London
… the body had lain in state. It passed between two lines of Foot Guards. The spectators were ranged on a scaffolding … with fruit, which also lies in some profusion at the foot of the pyramid. In the centre of the plinth is the …
Old and New London
… it for the better, always giving the original reading in a foot-note." The art of printing speedily gained high repute, …
Survey of London
… and the others on each side, regularly decrease, one foot in breadth. The Center arch is 76 feet wide, and the … the equivalent parapet on the old bridge, though with a 58 foot roadway and 13 foot footpaths at each side, the present bridge is of almost …
Old and New London
… of the Hall the same ceremony was performed; and at the foot of the royal platform it was a third time gone through. … body from the left shoulder to the outer side of the right foot was an elaborately-carved wooden crozier. The remains …
Old and New London
… painture in great variety, and on a pedestal near the foot of the great staircase (whose steps are entire slabs) … pair of gates opened in the middle; but now, though a foot-opening leads up to where an opening naturally is … they may disport themselves in black velvet from head to foot, with white lace at the collars and wrists. The cloth …
Old and New London
… the exertions of a few gentlemen, who set an infirmary on foot, inviting all kindlydisposed persons to aid them. Mr. …
Old and New London
… Gardens, on the Horse Guards' Parade. It lay at the foot of a lamp, among some leaves, which had prevented the … is the fact of Charles I. having passed through it on foot on the morning of his execution, from his bedchamber in … pleasure of fighting and sometimes maiming harmless foot-passengers, and even defenceless women. They took …