Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its NeighbourhoodReligious Tract Society, sold at the depository, 56, Paternoster Row, and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard, 1846 - London (England) - 352 pages |
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Page 256
... moment would I abridge of any real comfort or convenience those who have fought the battles of my country . Would that I could make them more happy than they are , and see the warriors of by - Chelsea College, and Greenwich Hospital.
... moment would I abridge of any real comfort or convenience those who have fought the battles of my country . Would that I could make them more happy than they are , and see the warriors of by - Chelsea College, and Greenwich Hospital.
Page 260
... hospital . About seven hundred of them are maimed , and the infirmities of age must now be creeping , or rather leaping on the remainder ; but there is a shadowy side to everything , and I suppose this is the shadowy side of Greenwich ...
... hospital . About seven hundred of them are maimed , and the infirmities of age must now be creeping , or rather leaping on the remainder ; but there is a shadowy side to everything , and I suppose this is the shadowy side of Greenwich ...
Page 262
... Hospital Schools ; and this grand square , in which I now stand , with the statue of George II . in the centre , must be between two and three hundred feet wide . * * * * * * I have seen the old men at dinner in the ... GREENWICH HOSPITAL .
... Hospital Schools ; and this grand square , in which I now stand , with the statue of George II . in the centre , must be between two and three hundred feet wide . * * * * * * I have seen the old men at dinner in the ... GREENWICH HOSPITAL .
Contents
Old Humphreys City Gratifications | 1 |
The Tower of London | 11 |
St Pauls Cathedral | 27 |
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