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Old and New London
… the lid of the tomb the royal body was found wrapped in a strong and thick linen cloth, waxed on the inside: the head … in the old coffin and enclosed in a new one, made very strong. The coffin containing the king's remains is suspended …
Old and New London
… with the upper part of the walls, over the side-aisles, by strong arches. Between the colonnade and the point of the … in the nicest manner, and the vault was covered with a strong double arched roof of stone on both sides. The cross … a high tower in the middle, rose first with a low strong arch, and then swelled out with several winding …
Old and New London
… sanctity as that it should shelter a murderer against the strong hand of the law; for it will be remembered that the … reign of George II., there were remains of "a prodigious strong stone building, of two hundred and ninety feet square, … windows on the south side. "The area of this exceedingly strong tower," continues Maitland, "(exclusive of the arched …
Old and New London
… overpowered by the conservative element, which is strong both in old and in present "Westminsters." We may add … an odd mixture of decayed grandeur, modern ruins, strong old flinty walls, and crumbling new bricks. Even the …
Old and New London
… and Queen Charlotte, while living here, it appears, were strong believers in the literal application of the precept of … the middle of March . . . . . The Queen's kindness left a strong impression on Dickens. Upon Her Majesty's expressing …
Old and New London
… worthy of note that she is styled "a decent woman" by so strong a royalist as Lord Chancellor Clarendon. The house …
Old and New London
… before time had ploughed wrinkles on her brow, and ere the strong passions of middle life had stamped her countenance … he slides very well.' We can imagine that Pepys was not strong upon skates. The first tumbleand nobody learns to …
Old and New London
… a neglected education, his talents showed themselves in a strong thirst for knowledge. Mathematics at first were his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… . . . which appear to have been used in building, display strong marks of fire. ... In widening a road that crosses the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is 30 feet broad, rising from the sands, and secured by a strong wall; it extends in a circular direction, parallel …