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Old and New London
… Manor House of PallenswickStarch GreenThe Old London RoadA Quaint Old PumpQueen StreetThe Parish ChurchThe Monument of … have possessed at least one curiosity; the portrait of a quaint old pump, in Webb's Lane, with a sort of font in front …
Old and New London
… from Westminster, or by a chaplain from Hendon, was a quaint and unpretending edifice, consisting of a nave and low … gait is a shuffle, his smile is a leer, His converse is quaint, his civility queer; In short, to all grace and …
Old and New London
… of the place. The "George" Inn, on Hampstead Green, once a quaint old roadside public-house, is now resplendent with …
Old and New London
… and architect was named James. This was, to use Pennant's quaint expression, "one of the fifty [new churches] voted by …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… least 1698, 41 may have been the manor-house, a 'rich and quaint pile' with many ornamented gables, which is said to …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… part of it at incredible expense. Laughed heartily at the quaint description of life in the camp in his letter to John. …
Old and New London
… at this hermitage." The old Hermitage, however, with its quaint buildings, its secluded lawn, and its towering trees, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… and armies in Spain. The address contains the following quaint expression:"Then your majesty arose like another …
Old and New London
… writing in 1657, mentioning this fact, breaks out in his quaint way: "If any one should ask what the Almighty doth now …
Old and New London
… faults, counterpoised by mighty beauties. Excepting his quaint epithets, which he affects to render literally from …