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... eight miles around St. Paul's cathedral , the total population , includ ing the aforesaid addition of one twenty - fifth part , amounts to 1,000,000 persons . * The many enquiries and discussions which have taken place concerning the ...
... eight miles around St. Paul's cathedral , the total population , includ ing the aforesaid addition of one twenty - fifth part , amounts to 1,000,000 persons . * The many enquiries and discussions which have taken place concerning the ...
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... is dangerous to walk the streets in several parts of the > metropolis ; particularly in the avenues which lead to the different markets . ters , each containing eight Winchester bushels ; of coals 38 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... is dangerous to walk the streets in several parts of the > metropolis ; particularly in the avenues which lead to the different markets . ters , each containing eight Winchester bushels ; of coals 38 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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John Feltham. ters , each containing eight Winchester bushels ; of coals , 600,000 chaldrons , 36 bushels in each chal- dron ; of ale and porter * , 1,113,500 barrels , each containing 36 gallons ; spirituous liquors and com- pounds ...
John Feltham. ters , each containing eight Winchester bushels ; of coals , 600,000 chaldrons , 36 bushels in each chal- dron ; of ale and porter * , 1,113,500 barrels , each containing 36 gallons ; spirituous liquors and com- pounds ...
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... eight composite above , supporting a grand pediment ; the whole resting on an elevated base , the ascent to which is by a flight of twenty - two square steps of black marble , running the entire length of the portico . The portico at ...
... eight composite above , supporting a grand pediment ; the whole resting on an elevated base , the ascent to which is by a flight of twenty - two square steps of black marble , running the entire length of the portico . The portico at ...
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... eight feet in height , and by having their angles placed contrary to those of the building , disgust the eye of the spectator . In the one on the southern side is the great clock , the bell of which may be heard in the most distant part ...
... eight feet in height , and by having their angles placed contrary to those of the building , disgust the eye of the spectator . In the one on the southern side is the great clock , the bell of which may be heard in the most distant part ...
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Aldgate beautiful Bishopsgate Bishopsgate street Blackfriars Road Bloomsbury Borough Broad Street building centre Cf St Chancery Lane chapel Charing cross Cheapside church Clerkenwell coach Coffeehouse Company Cornhill Court Covent Garden Crown daily Ditto eight elegant eleven erected expence feet Fleet street four Frequented by gentlemen gallery gate Gracechurch street Guildhall Hall held Henry Holborn Horse Hospital hourly Hyde Park Inner Temple James's King street King's Bench Lambeth Leadenhall Lincoln's London Wall Lord Mayor Ludgate hill Market Mary-la-Bonne metropolis miles Moorfields Newgate street nine Office ornamented Oxford street painted Palace Parliament Paul's persons Piccadilly present principal prison Queen river Royal Exchange seven shillings side Smithfield society Soho Somerset Place Southwark Square Stairs Strand stranger Surry Tavern Tea Gardens Temple Bar Thames Street theatre Tower twelve Upper Wapping West Westminster Whitechapel Whitehall Wood street yard
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Page 222 - Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 17 - Southwark ; and (b) the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, so far as relates to any powers of local government exerciseable by them or their officers within the borough of Westminster, and the Court of Burgesses of the ancient city of Westminster.
Page 13 - ... assisting therein, for which they were requited with a thousand blessings from the poor distressed people. By the favour of God the wind slackened a little on Tuesday night, and the flames meeting with brick buildings at the temple, by little and little it was observed to lose its force on that side, so that on Wednesday morning we began to hope well, and His Royal Highness, never...
Page 224 - To such especially this house of refuge opens wide its doors ; and, instead of being driven by despair to lay violent hands on themselves, and to superadd the crime of selfmurder to that guilt which is the cause of their distress, or of being forced by the strong call of hunger into prostitution, they find a safe and quiet retreat in this abode of peace and reflection.
Page 175 - Society have been distributed to promote the jolite arts of painting and sculpture, the artist has also most judiciously introduced a picture and statue. The subject of the picture is the Fall of Lucifer, designed by Mr Barry, when the Royal Academy had selected six of the members to paint pictures for St Paul's Cathedral ; the statue is that of the Grecian mother dying, and in those moments attentive only to the safety of her child.
Page 108 - In the centre of the room, between the table and the bar, is a capacious area. The seats for the members occupy each side and both ends of the room, with the exception of the passages. There are five rows of seats rising in gradation above each other, with short backs and green morocco cushions. The seat on the floor, on the right hand of the Speaker, is called the Treasury Bench, because there many of the members of administration usually sit.
Page 170 - Society, it may be necessary to explain the mode by which its members are elected. Each member has the privilege, at any weekly meeting of the Society, of proposing any person who is desirous to become a member, provided such proposal is signed by three members of the Society. Peers of the realm, or lords of parliament, are, on their being 6 proposed.
Page 155 - ... in Christ's Hospital ; — examine the masters of the king's ships ; — appoint pilots for the Thames; — erect light-houses and...
Page 140 - RA, the present architect to the Bank. The area in the centre, planted with trees and shrubs, and ornamented with a fountain, was formerly the churchyard of St. Christopher, Threadneedle-street. The management of the Bank is vested in a Governor, Deputy-Governor, and twenty-four Directors, eight of whom go out every year. The qualification for Governor is 40001.
Page 153 - But Letters, whether for Town or Country, may be put in at either of the Two Principal Offices Three Quarters of an Hour later for each Dispatch.