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Old and New London
… abundance of yellow water-lilies at our feet, and the low banks decked with all gay flowersthese are the materials …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… castle constructed by William I, stands on a low natural ridge parallel to the river, with the motte on …
Old and New London
… A woman was the sufferer in this case. She was hung on a low gibbet, and on life being extinct, fagots were heaped …
Survey of London
… courtiers and hangers-on. 3 But most of those, high or low, drawn in to the vortex of court life were obliged to …
Old and New London
… Timbs, anciently called Kyng's Gore. Old Gore House was a low, plain, and unpretending building, painted white, and … the many mistresses of Charles II. The house was long and low in proportion, and was screened from the road by a high … between two pillars. The body of the chapel is fitted with low open seats, and at the northern end is a spacious …
Old and New London
… Leigh Hunt a visit in Horsemonger Lane Jail, a miserable low site. I missed Byron and Moore by only about half an … rule and system in the management. He finds himself in a low, long room, dungeon-like, chilly, not very clean, and … like, were added to these. When the day dawned, thieves, low prostitutes, ruffians, and vagabonds of every kind, …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Crown are invaded, or the Honour of the Government brought low, and into Disreputation. 'I let you see, by my calling … of the Nation, and when People are poor, their Spirits are low, so that we are left without a Defence; and who must we …
Survey of London
… great room. 73 This lower room was described as 'large, low, and under ground, and serves merely as a foil to the … with plain-shafted columns and a simple entablature with a low-pitched pediment, projected from the ground storey. This … the frieze and cornice, and, above the blocking-course, a low attic stage with an oblong window and a pyramid roof. 179 …
A History of the County of Essex
… were small villages at Chingford Green, in the north, Low Street in the north-west, and Chingford Hatch in the … from Waltham Abbey through to Walthamstow and London, via Low Street (now Sewardstone Road and Mansfield Hill), and … a hall, with a buttery for beer, a kitchen with a little low house adjoining to it, wherein is a little milkhouse 4 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the cross roads stands the church of St. Faith, with a low central tower which is nevertheless seen above all the …