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Old and New London
… it is crossed by numerous paths, and in part planted with trees. The spot has been for ages the resort of the dwellers … and flower-beds, and are well planted with shrubs and trees. Some of the latter are the remains of an avenue … of walks, shrubberies, green turf, gay flowers, and shady trees, that if the place were situated in the western …
Old and New London
… a martyr had been burnt on the spot where they stood. The trees were more recently to be seen at the entrance of the …
Old and New London
… St. Paul's . Behind the church is a pleasant grove of tall trees, where the inhabitants resort for the benefit of shade … are in general well built; before each side is a row of trees, and an extensive grass plat in the middle." The green … Newington: "Mark yon old mansion frowning through the trees. * * * * * * * As jars the hinge what sullen echoes …
Old and New London
… in a circle, with a walnut-tree in the middle. Of these trees we have given an illustration, when describing the … that a martyr had been burnt on the spot where the trees were originally planted more than five hundred years … men and women bearing green branches of birch and other trees in their hands. "The spot selected for the May-pole," …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… the Top of Old Bail Hill and set it about with young Firr Trees and Other Forest Trees'; these were replanted in 1722 and 1726. 25 Ash trees had already existed in the bailey in 1628, when some …
Old and New London
… glad to get out of the London smoke and find himself among trees. Here come De Veres of the times of old; Hollands and … around our house, or rather behind it, and several old trees, walnut and mulberry, of thick foliage. I can sit and … many remains of decayed splendour. In a beautiful walk of trees, which ran down from the rear of the building through …
Old and New London
… edifice, separated from the roadway by a grove of trees. Miss Priscilla Wakefield, in her "Perambulations," … roadway; it has been lately planted on either side with trees, so that in course of time it will doubtless form a …
Survey of London
… and fifteen feet in length, and as big as branches of trees, hanging from the north front parapet, and the very …