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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the most flourishing tree, though indeed most of the woods spring with a degree of vigour hardly to be expected from the … erected at Weston Point in 1841: it was commenced in the spring of that year, the first stone being laid by Sir … There is a place of worship for Baptists. A chalybeate spring in the neighbourhood was formerly much esteemed. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… red bricks, 9 in. by 4 in. by 1 in. The bath is fed by a spring which now enters at the S.E. corner, and there are … church; the mouldings are turned-in in ogee form at the spring. In the E. abutment or respond of this arch is an … and scroll ornament. From the entablature over each column spring the transverse ribs of the barrel-vault which forms …
Old and New London
… are still to be seen in the wall rising far above the spring of the arches of the cloister roof. The house is now …
Old and New London
… filled with stained glass, and from the piers between them spring the intersecting arches of the vaulted ceiling. The … the ground-plan of the Houses of Parliament. In the early spring of the year 1870 the body of Mr. George Peabody, the … over his remains about six months afterwards. In the spring of 1875, Sir Charles Lyell, the most famous of …
Survey of London
… the width. The spans are semi-elliptical in shape and spring from piers which are faced by cutwaters of graceful …
Old and New London
… of boys in religious and useful learning was sure to spring up, under the shadow of the church, after the example … 475. The old well, too, which was once remarkable for its spring of clear and never-failing water, was suddenly dried …
Old and New London
… James's Park? For 'Locket's' stands where gardens once did spring, And wild ducks quack where grasshoppers did sing: A … a toast, "May as many of us as remain unhanged till next spring meet here again!" He died in this house, and here his …
Old and New London
… memories, it was but natural that a town should gradually spring up. The Saxon monarchs, for the most part, loved the …