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Old and New London
… from their primitively simple tapering forms into strange twisted masses of heavy black paint. The globe held …
Old and New London
… at night they had dined, and I went up to my wife. And strange it is to think, that these two days have held up fair … they drinking to us one after another, which we thought a strange frolique. . . . Thus did the day end with joy …
Old and New London
… out of the then bishops sixteen had been educated by him. Strange to say, Dr. Busby enjoyed the reputation of being … a stoppage for luncheon at Eton. As an instance of the strange origin of the slang which is handed down by tradition …
Old and New London
… Size and ImportanceExtent of its Boundaries. "Strange shadows from the midst of death Are round our being …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing Charles on his … and addressed to his wife in this street. One day a strange incident occurred to the Lord Protector as he was … offered up audible prayers for his eternal welfare." Strange to say, among the residents in this street at the …
Old and New London
… and pick-pockets, grooms and gentlemen," mixed up in a strange medley. The rival cocks are being backed up by two … idea of such a scene than any words can convey. It seems strange that such scenes were tolerated and approved by … or new foundations are to be summarily pulled down. A strange contrast this to the policy of Queen Victoria, under …
Old and New London
… tiny ripples which have been raised by the paddles of some strange-looking duck, or thrown up by the silverbreasted … the following entry under the same date:"Having seene the strange and wonderful dexterity of the sliders in the new …
Old and New London
… Kent, Selden lived and studied. In the reign of James I. a strange murder was committed in Whitefriars. The cause of the … he said, with ample legal verbiage, "was exceeding strange;done upon the sudden! done in an instant! done with a … yet, that hold in rebellion still. Mthinks 'tis strange that places so near the king's palace should be no …
Survey of London
… the Seats was found upon the Floor a Basket filled with a strange composition of combustible stuff, and two lighted … all taken up, so that we walked over the rafters. But strange to see what hard matter the plaister of Paris is, … men and women, children and birds and monsters, and other strange figures in high and low relief." A Description of …