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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… The square turret is weather-boarded and surmounted by a short broach spire covered with shingles. The South Porch …
A Dictionary of London
… pulled down, or rebuilt, so that within a comparatively short period of time the monastic buildings had completely …
Old and New London
… He clad him in a black robe, between cloak and gown, and a short wig, and, to brand him beyond mistake, put a black …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a portion of the parish, and has a station within a short distance. The living is a vicarage; net income, 163; …
Old and New London
… which fops would praise, Tore our best actors' lungs, cut short their days. Some in small time did this distemper kill; … have greatly weakened his rivals. Of these two actors some short notice may not be uninteresting. Hart had been a …
Survey of London
… Queen." The King's Lodgings. From the Private Oratory a short passage led to the Privy Chamber, 177 from which doors … of Sedgemoor, was brought to London, he was kept for a short time at Chiffinch's lodgings, and it was here that … of which was the table prepared for her Majesty, and at a short distance from it another for the ambassadors. There was …
Survey of London
… for burial in Westminster Abbey. Mary, during her short reign, spent some portion of her time at Whitehall, but … Gardiner died at Whitehall about a week later. On Philip's short second visit in 1557 the King and Queen spent most of … to cast water in case of fire, 50 leather buckets, 4 short ladders, and 4 shorter hooks than those already in …
Old and New London
… admiring eyes on the ill-fated Anne Boleyn. Within a few short months Whitehall Palace was the scene where Wolsey took … bringing men to so servile a condition as horses; but in a short time chairs became common, and the carrying of them was … to be yoked with great and manifold knots of pearlin short, to be manacled, fettered, and imprisoned in jewels, …
Old and New London
… Palace, and Whitehall will doubtless be rebuilt in a short time, being designed one of the most famous palaces in …
Old and New London
… The one was very tall and thin, the other very plump and short. "I can't bear them; and I can't imagine," remarked her … of Charles James Fox. At the corner of Derby Street, the short thoroughfare leading out of Parliament Street into …