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 29
... magnificent edifice pos- sesses . Old people are usually sticklers for things ancient in appearance , and I would not willingly part with what the finger of time has inscribed on St. Paul's . I have entered the church by the northern ...
... magnificent edifice pos- sesses . Old people are usually sticklers for things ancient in appearance , and I would not willingly part with what the finger of time has inscribed on St. Paul's . I have entered the church by the northern ...
Page 48
... magnificent car , and styling her the lady of the sun , ' conducted her to the lists , followed by a train of knights , each leading by the bridle a beautiful palfrey , mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited ...
... magnificent car , and styling her the lady of the sun , ' conducted her to the lists , followed by a train of knights , each leading by the bridle a beautiful palfrey , mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited ...
Page 192
... magnificent . We talk of St. Paul's , and St. Peter's ; but what puny toys are they , compared with the stu- pendous temple of the Alps , erected by the hand of an Almighty Architect ! A thousand glittering spires mount up to the very ...
... magnificent . We talk of St. Paul's , and St. Peter's ; but what puny toys are they , compared with the stu- pendous temple of the Alps , erected by the hand of an Almighty Architect ! A thousand glittering spires mount up to the very ...
Contents
Old Humphreys City Gratifications | 1 |
The Tower of London | 11 |
St Pauls Cathedral | 27 |
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