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... effect upon men's reputations as poverty : for as it was said , " the poor man by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man ; so here we find the modest man built the city , and the modest man's skill was ...
... effect upon men's reputations as poverty : for as it was said , " the poor man by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man ; so here we find the modest man built the city , and the modest man's skill was ...
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... effect.1 On the 3rd of September , 1666 , began that appalling conflagration proverbially known as THE FIRE OF LONDON , which destroyed nearly the whole of the city , and with it so much of that which remained of the cathedral as to ...
... effect.1 On the 3rd of September , 1666 , began that appalling conflagration proverbially known as THE FIRE OF LONDON , which destroyed nearly the whole of the city , and with it so much of that which remained of the cathedral as to ...
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... effect , appears to us a doubtful point . This design seems to have been Wren's favourite , but he was com- pelled to submit to the opinion and influence of others , and it was ultimately relinquished for that which now adorns the city ...
... effect , appears to us a doubtful point . This design seems to have been Wren's favourite , but he was com- pelled to submit to the opinion and influence of others , and it was ultimately relinquished for that which now adorns the city ...
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... effect , may otherwise hardly fear comparison with it - alone and unassisted : so that , as we have said , he had reason for exultation . For the whole of his professional services in designing , and directing the construction of St ...
... effect , may otherwise hardly fear comparison with it - alone and unassisted : so that , as we have said , he had reason for exultation . For the whole of his professional services in designing , and directing the construction of St ...
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... effect it . Shortly after In this the commission was dissolved , and a new one ap- pointed . The first open attack on Wren , however , from which we are able to judge somewhat of the men who were set in authority over him , appeared in ...
... effect it . Shortly after In this the commission was dissolved , and a new one ap- pointed . The first open attack on Wren , however , from which we are able to judge somewhat of the men who were set in authority over him , appeared in ...
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Page 4 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud, instead, and ever-during dark, Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 19 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches, was like a hideous storm; and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that at the last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 5 - How that he did divide from Pagans three, Their heads and Lives, types of his chivalry: For which great service in that Climate done, Brave Sigismundus (King of Hungarion) Did give him as a Coat of Armes to weare, Those conquer'd heads got by his Sword and Speare...
Page 4 - ... opposed and answered, till he were by some better scholar overcome and put down; and then the overcomer taking the place, did like as the first; and in the end the best opposers and answerers had rewards, which I observed not but it made both good schoolmasters, and also good scholars, diligently against such times to prepare themselves for the obtaining of this garland.
Page 4 - A parliament member, a Justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, in London an asse, If Lowsie is lucy, as some volke miscalle it Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befalle it. He thinks himself greate Yet an asse in his state, We allowe by his ears but with asses to mate.
Page 7 - I find His Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this Realm; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us), it should not fail to go.
Page 5 - In honour of his God, and Christendom ? How that he did divide, from pagans three, Their heads and lives, types of his chivalry ? — For which great service, in that climate done, Brave Sigismundus, King of Hungarion, Did give him, as a coat of arms, to...
Page 19 - All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, the light seen above forty miles round about for many nights. God grant my eyes may never behold the like, now seeing above 10,000 houses all in one flame ; the noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches...