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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… transferred in English, to the PIGMENTs, BLUE BICE and GREEN BICE, and the shades of blue or green which they yield. The blue … Welsh tour in 1787 to return via Wolverhampton and the 'music-meeting at Birmingham', while five years later his tour …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place, which is situated at the junction of the Leeds and Halifax, and Dewsbury and Bradford turnpike-roads, in the … opened in 1779, had recourse to a performance of sacred music under the direction of a London professor: the receipts … especially with a view to the efficient performance of the music at the triennial festivals, was erected under the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… It is built chiefly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and the roofs are tiled. The Chancel and the North and South Transepts are of early 13th-century date, and …
Old and New London
… "White Hart"Sir Paul Pindar's House: its Ancient Glories and Present ConditionThe Lodge in Half-moon AlleySt. Helen's … lecture once a week in succession on divinity, astronomy, music, geometry, law, medicine, and rhetoric. Their salaries, … and the first lecture read in it November 2, 1843. The music and other practical lectures are still well attended, …
Old and New London
… at Lord Herbert's MarriageOld Blackfriars BridgeJohnson and MylneLaying of the StoneThe InscriptionA Toll RiotFailure … the BridgeThe New BridgeBridge StreetSir Richard Phillips and his WorksPainters in BlackfriarsThe King's Printing … after it was started, but it paid great attention to the drama from its commencement. There were no leading articles …
Old and New London
… Blackfriars Road The Surrey Theatre and Surrey Chapel CHAPTER XXVIII. BLACKFRIARS ROAD.THE SURREY … introduction of a dialogue, except it was accompanied by music throughout. On the 5th of March, 1810, Sir Thomas … one of the chief homes of the English sensational melo-drama. At one time the gig in which Thurtell drove, and the …
Old and New London
… Blackheath and Charlton CHAPTER XVII. BLACKHEATH, CHARLTON, AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. "And eastward straight from wild … reception here:"Everywhere flags were flying, bells and music sounding, wine and ale flowing in rivers to the health …
Survey of London
… in 1987, it brought to an end a tradition of shipbuilding and shiprepairing on this site which had begun over 350 years … was created by the East India Company for the building and repair of its own ships. In the 1650s it passed into … discharge of cannon was given, while bands of martial music played 'God save the King' and 'Rule Britannia'. 127 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Bodleian Library AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CITY OF OXFORD ACCREDITED TO … The smaller doorways were those of the Schools of Music and Natural Philosophy. A rain-water pipe on this wall …
A New History of London
… satisfaction, which was, the prospect of future peace and harmony between the two kingdoms, now united under one … lord-mayor assisted at the coronation according to custom, and with the other magistrates not already dignified, … were opened under the discharge of cannon, the sound of music, and the loud acclamations of all the spectators. …