London and Middlesex, Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above County, Volume 2 |
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... bank of the River , West from St. Paul's , and North to the Wall , ) were intersected by narrow Streets , Lanes , and Alleys , encumbered with houses , whose apartments jutting • The rates upon the several articles amounted to about one ...
... bank of the River , West from St. Paul's , and North to the Wall , ) were intersected by narrow Streets , Lanes , and Alleys , encumbered with houses , whose apartments jutting • The rates upon the several articles amounted to about one ...
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... bank of the Thames . Adjacent to Abingdon Street , the site of which was then a part of the demesne attached to the ... Banks of the Thames opposite to White Friars , was entirely vacant there , a line of houses , with gardens and groves ...
... bank of the Thames . Adjacent to Abingdon Street , the site of which was then a part of the demesne attached to the ... Banks of the Thames opposite to White Friars , was entirely vacant there , a line of houses , with gardens and groves ...
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... Bank Volunteers , and the Volunteers of the Excise Office , and of the Custom House ; all which are composed of the officers and servants of their respective establishments , the Directors and principal Clerks having the entire ...
... Bank Volunteers , and the Volunteers of the Excise Office , and of the Custom House ; all which are composed of the officers and servants of their respective establishments , the Directors and principal Clerks having the entire ...
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... bank of the river , and was ori- ginally built by Baynard , a soldier of fortune who came to Eng- land with William the Norman . It is divided into ten precincts , and sends the same number of members to the Common - Council . Bridge ...
... bank of the river , and was ori- ginally built by Baynard , a soldier of fortune who came to Eng- land with William the Norman . It is divided into ten precincts , and sends the same number of members to the Common - Council . Bridge ...
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... Bank of England , from the time of its incor- poration till its removal into Threadneedle - street , in June 1734 . The present Hall was built upon the ancient site between the years 1798 and 1802 , from designs , by Mr. Leverton ...
... Bank of England , from the time of its incor- poration till its removal into Threadneedle - street , in June 1734 . The present Hall was built upon the ancient site between the years 1798 and 1802 , from designs , by Mr. Leverton ...
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Page 455 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London...
Page 292 - Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin for ; but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view ; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles.
Page 82 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Page 719 - ... and undaunted courage : and, notwithstanding he had at this time neither read books, nor conversed with men capable of giving him much instruction in the military art, all the resources which he employed in the defence of Arcot, were such as are dictated by the best masters in the science of war.
Page 1 - Then Commerce brought into the public walk The busy merchant; the big warehouse built; Raised the strong crane; choked up the loaded street With foreign plenty; and thy stream, O Thames! Large, gentle, deep, majestic, king of floods! Chose for his grand resort.
Page 297 - Kunc me jttbet fortuna cxpeditiut philosophari;' in which recess, free from worldly affairs, he passed the greatest part of the five last following years of his life, in contemplation and studies, and principally in the consolation of the Holy Scriptures; cheerful in solitude, and as well pleased to die in the shade as in the light.
Page 517 - Public at large, that the general concerns of the Bank are in the most affluent and prosperous situation, and such as to preclude every doubt as to the security of its Notes.
Page 492 - Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow : 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Page 279 - WORLD ; WHICH HE TRAVERSED TO REDUCE THE SUM OF HUMAN MISERY. FROM THE THRONE TO THE DUNGEON HIS NAME WAS MENTIONED WITH RESPECT, GRATITUDE, AND ADMIRATION.
Page 533 - An aft for authorizing his majesty in council to allow, during the present war, and for six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace...