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A New History of London
… London might have realised the fable of the Phoenix, and rose out of its ashes unrivalled in beauty throughout the …
A New History of London
… Wells; Dr. Turner, of Ely; Dr. Lake, of Chichester; Dr. White, of Peterborough; and Sir Jonathan Trelawney, of …
A New History of London
… those in and near Fleet-street, as Salisbury-court, White-friars, Ram-alley, and Mitre-court;in Holborn, …
A New History of London
… price of tiles, which from twenty-one shillings, per 1000, rose to 6 l. and pantiles from fifty shillings, to 10 l. … be made for sale, but those distinguished by the names of white, wheaten, and household, or such other sorts as shall …
A New History of London
… just value; for East India stock sold at 445, and Bank rose to 260 per cent. The advanced prices of all these stocks …
A New History of London
… as a great curiosity. The seal of this charter is of white, and being broken into divers pieces, they are sewed up … and the sheriffwicks of London and Middlesex, at a fee-farm rent of 300l. per ann. as held by his grandfather. She … was held in contempt; and if any merchant or manufacturer rose by industry, to any degree of opulence, he found himself …
A New History of London
… of act of parliament for the encouragement of the British white herring and cod fisheries 46; and on the 25th of … years of age, dressed in a purple masquerade stuff gown, a white handkerchief and apron, a black quilted petticoat, a green under-coat, black shoes, blue stockings, a white shaving hat, with green ribbons, and had a very fresh …
A New History of London
… King-street Covent Garden; which, extending itself through Rose-street to Long Acre, consumed upward of 30 houses. The …
A New History of London
… Merchant Taylors-hall received some damage, every house in White-lion court, five houses on the Exchange side of … greatest consternation. The Serpentine River in Hyde-Park rose so high, that it forced down a part of the wall, and … town to be over-flowed: the canal in St. James's Park rose so high, that it flowed up to the garden-wall belonging …
A New History of London
… a hearse waiting for them drawn by a black horse and a white one; on one side of the hearse was a painting of the …