Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood |
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Page 15
... mounted the stone steps , gazed on the shipping in the river , walked in part round the Tower , passed by the Devil's Battery , the Stone Battery , and the Wooden Battery , and am now returned to the White Tower , so called because ...
... mounted the stone steps , gazed on the shipping in the river , walked in part round the Tower , passed by the Devil's Battery , the Stone Battery , and the Wooden Battery , and am now returned to the White Tower , so called because ...
Page 37
... Mount Sinai , when the mount burned with fire ; such warm preaching those churches never had ; such lightning dreadful ser- mons never were before delivered in London . In other churches ministers were preaching their fare- well sermons ...
... Mount Sinai , when the mount burned with fire ; such warm preaching those churches never had ; such lightning dreadful ser- mons never were before delivered in London . In other churches ministers were preaching their fare- well sermons ...
Page 48
... mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited the most splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued out of the Towre of ...
... mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited the most splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued out of the Towre of ...
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... mount up the steps to the entrance of the National Gallery . Many others , I see , are shaping their course in that direction . The National Gallery and the exhibition of the Royal Academy are both under the roof of the same building ...
... mount up the steps to the entrance of the National Gallery . Many others , I see , are shaping their course in that direction . The National Gallery and the exhibition of the Royal Academy are both under the roof of the same building ...
Page 83
... mounted so high , here I am . Yes ! here is Old Humphrey on the top of the Monument ; the breeze blowing so freshly that he can hardly keep his hat upon his head . While I pencil down these remarks , I am obliged The Monument.
... mounted so high , here I am . Yes ! here is Old Humphrey on the top of the Monument ; the breeze blowing so freshly that he can hardly keep his hat upon his head . While I pencil down these remarks , I am obliged The Monument.
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