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Survey of London Monograph
… In 1894 the iconoclasts were active. The Committee took upon itself the double task of recording London architecture …
Survey of London Monograph
… scope of the work by the addition of some historical notes upon the properties with which the College is endowed, and … provided me with useful material and references. His work upon the Foundation (entitled "Princess lfrida's Charity"), … was first written, has also proved an invaluable check upon information obtained from other sources, and has given …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… and almost contrariety of the Study, to practise upon the Dead, intending thereby to keep, all which is, or … Tillage the People and their Families necessarily employed upon it, (which surely in Respect of God or Man, Church or … and Tillage is a Cause that the Realm doth more stand upon itself, without depending upon foreign Countries, either …
Survey of London
… the symmetry of the mermaid-angels whose lights adorn tier upon tier of seats. The Royal Opera House has neither the …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… be determined by internal evidence. Many turn exclusively upon personal topics, or refer to events little known. Long … the success bore no proportion to the time and labor spent upon it. Tedious and unsatisfactory as the task proved to be, … due sequence of papers referring to the designs of France upon Tournay and the English pale, to follow without …
Survey of London
… 1700, but were only made up at intervals, and being based upon the parish ratebooks, can be neglected when the latter …
Acts & Proceedings of the General Assemblies of the Kirk of Scotland
… were destined by the Earl of Arran; but confesses, that "upon a certain day in Falkland, before they were delivered to … was informed "that the Committee wished the books to lie upon the Table for their inspection, and that the Committee … fire which happened in the Lawn Mercat of Edinburgh upon the 28th day of October 1701," &c. Among these losses, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… the policy of the treaty of Cambray had been turned back upon its authors. One chief object of that policy had been, … sealed his supremacy and their downfall. The debates upon this marriage and the alliance with France had given … said French king shall send hither to commune and treat upon the same; and upon the overture of their charges ye …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… promises. More than once the imperial broker had to urge upon his grandson his need of remittances;more than once was … all Europe," in the words of a modern historian, was fixed upon the contest. In the grand indefiniteness of the phrase … in times "like the present, whatever a man sets his heart upon, "be it the papacy, be it the empire, or anything else, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… the great minister was omnipotent; "all really depends upon him," says Giustinian writing home to the Council of … off the scent. A score of times did Giustinian urge upon the Cardinal that he was sending money to the Emperor … the cardinalate"(his favourite expression),laying his hand upon his breast: "It is true that this most serene king has …