London Scenes and London People: Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Sketches of Places, Personages, Events, Customs, and Curiosities of London City, Past and Present |
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... light is principally derived from a circular lantern in the centre , and this is a singularly beautiful specimen of the architect's talent . It is very lofty , and is encrusted at every point with exquisitely delicate carvings of fruit ...
... light is principally derived from a circular lantern in the centre , and this is a singularly beautiful specimen of the architect's talent . It is very lofty , and is encrusted at every point with exquisitely delicate carvings of fruit ...
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... light is principally derived from a circular lantern in the centre , and this is a singularly beautiful specimen of the architect's talent . It is very lofty , and is encrusted at every point with exquisitely delicate carvings of fruit ...
... light is principally derived from a circular lantern in the centre , and this is a singularly beautiful specimen of the architect's talent . It is very lofty , and is encrusted at every point with exquisitely delicate carvings of fruit ...
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... light should not be glaring ; a kind of half veil should hover around us , and admit of only confused perceptions ... lights in old - world catacombs - clear and bright , but steady ; the flame varies not , the solemn brilliancy seems ...
... light should not be glaring ; a kind of half veil should hover around us , and admit of only confused perceptions ... lights in old - world catacombs - clear and bright , but steady ; the flame varies not , the solemn brilliancy seems ...
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... light . The inscriptions on these monuments are in excellent taste . Great men ordinarily sleep on their marble beds under an absolute cloud of fulsome eulogium ; nor is the bombast of praise always expressed in our vernacular tongue ...
... light . The inscriptions on these monuments are in excellent taste . Great men ordinarily sleep on their marble beds under an absolute cloud of fulsome eulogium ; nor is the bombast of praise always expressed in our vernacular tongue ...
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... light should be seen to be understood . Neither readers nor preachers can be perfectly heard throughout the vast area ; but when Dean Milman , in the surpassing freshness of his great age , ascends the lectory , every word is audible ...
... light should be seen to be understood . Neither readers nor preachers can be perfectly heard throughout the vast area ; but when Dean Milman , in the surpassing freshness of his great age , ascends the lectory , every word is audible ...
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Page 199 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 200 - ... they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise.
Page 169 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 204 - Chaucer's worst ribaldry is learn'd by rote, And beastly Skelton heads of houses quote; One likes no language but the Faery Queen; A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o...
Page 70 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Page 109 - I yield thee most hearty thanks that thou hast given me life thus long to finish this work to the glory of thy name!
Page 167 - The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited to those plentiful old times, Before our modern luxuries arose, With truffles and ragouts, and various crimes ; And therefore, from the original in prose I shall arrange the catalogue in rhymes : They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores, ** Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard...
Page 203 - He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us ; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true...
Page 288 - prentices, bakers, brewers, butchers, draymen, and what not; and all these fellows one with another cursing and betting. I soon had enough of it.
Page 199 - But that which most doth take my Muse and me Is a pure cup of rich canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine; Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted.