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Page 13
It is a confused heap, made up of towers of stone, brick, and cement, of houses,
bastions, batteries, and turrets, of walls, sentinels, chimney-pots, and vanes : —
but I will enter the place. The Tower was not always so easy of access ; for power
...
It is a confused heap, made up of towers of stone, brick, and cement, of houses,
bastions, batteries, and turrets, of walls, sentinels, chimney-pots, and vanes : —
but I will enter the place. The Tower was not always so easy of access ; for power
...
Page 15
I have 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
Henry in ...
I have 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
Henry in ...
Page 25
The Regalia, also, has been visited by me, and now I am on the top of Devilin's
Tower, looking down on the new stone battery of six guns : the sentinel is
regarding me attentively. Rusty locks, and harsh jarring hinges have turned for
me.
The Regalia, also, has been visited by me, and now I am on the top of Devilin's
Tower, looking down on the new stone battery of six guns : the sentinel is
regarding me attentively. Rusty locks, and harsh jarring hinges have turned for
me.
Page 28
It is said, that when sir Christopher Wren was undecided about the motto he
should choose, he had occasion for something to put under a stone that was
about to be placed in a certain position, when a workman brought him a piece of
an old ...
It is said, that when sir Christopher Wren was undecided about the motto he
should choose, he had occasion for something to put under a stone that was
about to be placed in a certain position, when a workman brought him a piece of
an old ...
Page 38
The stone bench on which I sit is very cold. What an awful depth it is to the floor of
the building, where the diminutive living figures are pacing the black and white
marble stones ! There ! I have given one glance at the faded paintings above.
The stone bench on which I sit is very cold. What an awful depth it is to the floor of
the building, where the diminutive living figures are pacing the black and white
marble stones ! There ! I have given one glance at the faded paintings above.
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