A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 2Longman, 1808 - Voyages and travels |
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... feet in length , and feventy four in breadth , whereof the houfes built on each fide take up twenty - feven feet , and the street between the houses twenty feet ; there being only three vacancies about the middle of the bridge where ...
... feet in length , and feventy four in breadth , whereof the houfes built on each fide take up twenty - feven feet , and the street between the houses twenty feet ; there being only three vacancies about the middle of the bridge where ...
Page 49
... feet in height , fit the commiffioners of the customs , with their under officers and clerks . The length of this edifice is an hundred and eighty - nine feet , and the general breadth twenty - feven , but at the west end it is fixty feet ...
... feet in height , fit the commiffioners of the customs , with their under officers and clerks . The length of this edifice is an hundred and eighty - nine feet , and the general breadth twenty - feven , but at the west end it is fixty feet ...
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... feet in length from eaft to weft , and 90 feet broad from north to fouth : it hath in it 140 ftalls for the butchers , all covered over . In the middle of this Green - yard market from north to fouth is a row of fhops , with rooms over ...
... feet in length from eaft to weft , and 90 feet broad from north to fouth : it hath in it 140 ftalls for the butchers , all covered over . In the middle of this Green - yard market from north to fouth is a row of fhops , with rooms over ...
Page 52
... feet in length from east to west , and an hundred and feventeen in breadth from north to fouth ; the area fixty - one fquare poles , on every fide whereof is a noble piazza or cloister , confifting of twenty - eight columns and arches ...
... feet in length from east to west , and an hundred and feventeen in breadth from north to fouth ; the area fixty - one fquare poles , on every fide whereof is a noble piazza or cloister , confifting of twenty - eight columns and arches ...
Page 55
... feet high from the ground ; the greatest diameter of the fhaft 15 feet , and the plinth , or lowest part of the pedeftal , 28 feet fquare , and 40 feet high ; the whole being of Portland ftone , except the ftair - cafe within , which is ...
... feet high from the ground ; the greatest diameter of the fhaft 15 feet , and the plinth , or lowest part of the pedeftal , 28 feet fquare , and 40 feet high ; the whole being of Portland ftone , except the ftair - cafe within , which is ...
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Page 501 - The Members of the House of Commons have nothing particular in their dress ; they even come into the house in their great coats, and with boots and spurs. It is not at all uncommon to see a member lying stretched out on one of the benches, while others are debating.
Page 137 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 48 - Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and this city shall remain for ever.
Page 173 - God bless the King. In plenty starving, tantaliz'd in state, And complaisantly help'd to all I hate, Treated, caress'd, and tir'd, I take my leave, Sick of his civil pride from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost, and little skill, And swear no day was ever past so ill.
Page 136 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 79 - Tylers and Bricklayers. 38. Bowyers. 39. Fletchers. 40. Blacksmiths 41. Joiners. 42. Weavers. 43. Woolmen. 44. Scriveners. 45. Fruiterers. 46. Plasterers. - 47- Stationers. 48. Embroiderers. 49. Upholders. 50.
Page 173 - To rest the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite. But, hark ! the chiming clocks to dinner call ; A hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall : The rich buffet well-colour'd serpents grace, And gaping Tritons spew, to wash your face.
Page 536 - ... praise, for my correct pronunciation of the Latin, my orthodoxy, and my good walking. I now saw myself, in a moment as it were, all at once transported into the midst of a company, all apparently, very respectable men, but all strangers to me. And it appeared to me extraordinary, that I should, thus at midnight, be in Oxford, in a large company of Oxonian clergy, without well knowing how I had got there. Meanwhile, however, I took all the pains in my power to recommend myself to my company, and,...
Page 431 - Wiltshire, were to me oftentimes but the gay arbours of anguish ; insomuch as a wise man, that knew the insides of my fortune, would often say that I lived in both these my Lords...
Page 536 - ... a Clerk, even though he should never become a clergyman. Upon the whole, however, he was, in his way, a man of some humour, and an agreeable companion. "Among other objections to the Scriptures, he...