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Old and New London
… on Cornhill, and the Cardinal Virtues in Fleet Street; a fountain of Helicon ran Rhenish wine; and the conduit in …
Old and New London
… Pepys at one time had a house here. THE BUXTON DRINKING FOUNTAIN. Great George Street, the broad thoroughfare leading … of imposing height, known as the Buxton Memorial Drinking Fountain. The base is octagonal, about twelve feet in … the Conqueror, and so on, ending with Queen Victoria. The fountain bears an inscription to the effect that it is …
Old and New London
… Palace HotelWestminster ChambersMetropolitan Drinking-fountain and Cattle-trough AssociationDuck LaneHorseferry … this street are the offices of the Metropolitan Drinking-fountain and Cattle-trough Association, of which the Duke of …
Old and New London
… is a small island richly clothed with verdure, and also a fountain. The "Swiss cottage" above mentioned was erected in …
Survey of London
… the queen's arms. In the middle of the garden is a nice fountain 288 with a remarkable sun-dial, showing the time in … upper floor. 337 The gallery in 1607 contained a "riche fountain," 338 probably the one in respect of which John de … same and parte of the Crowne." (P.R.O., E. 351/3256.) The fountain is referred to again in 1614: "Mending and sodeing …
Old and New London
… the noble river of Thames on the east; Privy Garden, with fountain, statues, &c., and an open prospect to the statue at … people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain-head. The galleries presented the appearance of a …
Old and New London
… to enclose that part of the garden which contained the fountain, as a pleasure-ground to the house inhabited by the …