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A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Markets and fairs, marshes and forest MARKETS AND FAIRS. In 1253 the king granted Richard de Montfitchet a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Westbury Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Like the other towns in the basin of the Bradford … Societies, evidently flourishing as centres of local unrest, for they were said to be proposing that year to apply …
Old and New London
… royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them crowns, and does their ashes keep: There made like gods, like mortals … Abbey damaged by an EarthquakeCoronation of George III. and Queen CharlotteHumility of a KingThe Handel … of George IV.An Unfortunate QueenCoronation of William IV. and Queen AdelaideCoronation of Queen VictoriaA Singular …
Old and New London
… of Westminster, the field Where mutual frauds are fought, and no side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the … Victory at AgincourtTrial of 480 Persons concerned in the Riots on "Evil May-day"Edward Stafford, Duke of … Trial of the "Seven Bishops"Lords Cromartie, Balmerino, and KilmarnockA Curious Attempt to blow up Westminster Hall. …
Old and New London
… 1700. "The pillar'd dome magnific heaves Its ample roof, and luxury within Pours out its glittering stores." Thomson. The Palaces of England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness … of speaking to." During the first two nights of the Gordon Riots, the King sat up with some of the general officers in …
Old and New London
… Park in the Reign of Henry VIII.Rosamond's PondCharles II. and his Feathered PetsDuck IslandLe Notre employed in Laying out and Improving the ParkThe DecoyThe King and his … militia, during the alarm and panic caused by the Gordon riots. A print is extant which shows the long line of tents …
Old and New London
… Westminster Tothill Fields and neighbourhood CHAPTER II. WESTMINSTER.TOTHILL FIELDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. "No mead so fit For courtly joust or … from one of those political meetings when the 'mug-house riots' were at their height. Such was the disturbed condition …
Old and New London
… Sanquhar Murders the Fencing-MasterHis TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of … CourtPersecution of the First CongregationalistsGranaries and Coal Stores destroyed by the Great FireThe Flogging in BridewellSermon on Madame CreswellHogarth and the "Harlot's Progress"Pennant's Account of …
Old and New London
… with learned Muses grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. … into the Admiralty OfficeThe Semaph ore TelegraphAuthority and Jurisdiction of the AdmiraltyCareer of Lord Sandwich at … by Mr. T. Raikes, in his "Diary." In the early Reform riots, a mob ran violently into Downing Street and rushed up …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… diary 1855 1859 1855 Book 1 st. Commencing Jan 1 st 1855 and ending Nov 30, 1855 [NOTE: First two pages missing] 27. … Went in morning to Maze Pond, to hear Rev. J. Aldis, and in the evening staid at home on account of my cough. Cold … headache, shivering sensations, etc. Yesterday some bread riots took place in Whitechapel and the mob did a …