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Old and New London
… (so named from the picture by Mabuse), and the "Vane Room." Some idea of the extent of the palace early in the … crowning the whole. The building consists chiefly of one room, of an oblong form, a double cube of 55 feet. The stone …
Old and New London
… to "point a moral" for Pope: "In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster and the walls … his official position, a member of the Cabinet. The Great Room used to be, during the last century, hung round with … before its interment in the Abbey hard by. In the large room on the ground-floor, to the right as we enter, lay …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… a small winged corridor house with an unusual apsidal room (1 on the plan), integrated with the old bath building, … villa fell into decay in the 5th century, and a hearth in room 7 probably belongs to that period. Only two rooms, Nos. … and the collapse of timbers. Charred wheat on the floor of room 3 indicates that agriculture was being carried on in the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… from its historical interest, truthful portraits, the room in which they sat has also been carefully copied, and …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Mr Black (the publisher) has been elected for Edinburgh in room of Macaulay, retired. Thus we see that literary are … In the evening I went to a concert at the Horns Assembly Room, Kennington, where I heard Sims Reeves, Miss Dolby and … At a wake in Cork, so many people crowded into a room, that the floor gave way and 17 of them were killed. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… British Museum. While there I looked into the new reading room, just completed and open this week to the public. I …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… to be opened 5 minutes before he can put his head in the room, so horrible is the stench. This and other causes … up wood, finished Whimsey. Very hot. 10. Went to reading room of Brit. Museum, to Willis and Southerans, traced …