Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including Characteristic Sketches, Antiquarian, Topographical, Descriptive, and Literary, Band 1Hurst, Chance, and Company, 1829 |
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... a ditch and bancke ; the like whereof , the Irishmen , our next neigh- bours , doe at this day call Fastnes . " - Survey of London , p . 5 , edit . 1618 . 66 man occupation of London , for the Romans would never 4 LONDINIANA .
... a ditch and bancke ; the like whereof , the Irishmen , our next neigh- bours , doe at this day call Fastnes . " - Survey of London , p . 5 , edit . 1618 . 66 man occupation of London , for the Romans would never 4 LONDINIANA .
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... never have permitted a Trajectus of their own to receive a name from those whom they had conquered ; and , secondly , as the river is certainly not , nor ever could have been , fordable , between Dwr - Gate and the opposite shore , the ...
... never have permitted a Trajectus of their own to receive a name from those whom they had conquered ; and , secondly , as the river is certainly not , nor ever could have been , fordable , between Dwr - Gate and the opposite shore , the ...
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... never could have been noticed by Tacitus as possessing any sweetness , ' or ' at- tractions , ' in its situation ; ' as the marshy nature of the ground must have falsified that description . : Presuming then , that the site of London ...
... never could have been noticed by Tacitus as possessing any sweetness , ' or ' at- tractions , ' in its situation ; ' as the marshy nature of the ground must have falsified that description . : Presuming then , that the site of London ...
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... never been satisfactorily ascertained . Sir Christopher Wren , who had the best opportunity of any man for ascer- taining the fact , at least in modern times , was entirely opposed to the current idea . His own words , when speaking of ...
... never been satisfactorily ascertained . Sir Christopher Wren , who had the best opportunity of any man for ascer- taining the fact , at least in modern times , was entirely opposed to the current idea . His own words , when speaking of ...
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... never laid it aside to as- sume the purple . This remarkable event , the first instance of a bap- tism of a Christian Sovereign , could never have been passed over without numismatic commemoration , and we accordingly find that a coin ...
... never laid it aside to as- sume the purple . This remarkable event , the first instance of a bap- tism of a Christian Sovereign , could never have been passed over without numismatic commemoration , and we accordingly find that a coin ...
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Seite 159 - ... last night to get things ready against our feast today, Jane called us up about three in the morning to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city.
Seite 151 - ... but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods : such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Seite 163 - We staid till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and all on fire, and flaming at once; and a horrid noise the flames made, and the cracking of houses at their mine. So home with a sad heart...
Seite 162 - Stokes, receiving some friend's goods, whose house itself was burned the day after. We parted at Paul's; he home, and I to Paul's Wharf, where I had appointed a boat to attend me, and took in Mr. Carcasse and his brother, whom I met in the street, and carried them below and above bridge too.
Seite 155 - Cornhill, etc., with extraordinary difficulty, clambering over heaps of yet smoking rubbish, and frequently mistaking where I was. The ground under my feet so hot that it even burnt the soles of my shoes.
Seite 160 - Everybody endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river, or bringing them into lighters...
Seite 168 - ... there good hopes of saving our office ; but great endeavours of watching all night, and having men ready; and so we lodged them in the office, and had drink and bread and cheese for them. And I lay down and slept a good night about midnight, though when I rose I heard that there had been a great alarme of French and Dutch being risen, which proved nothing.
Seite 161 - So I was called for, and did tell the King and Duke of York what I saw; and that, unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire. They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no houses, but to pull down before the fire every way.
Seite 225 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Seite 161 - That he needed no more soldiers; and that, for himself, he must go and refresh himself, having been up all night. So he left me, and I him, and walked home; seeing people all almost distracted, and no manner of means used to quench the fire. The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tar, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oyle, and wines, and brandy, and other things.