Cruchley's Picture of London ...: History; Rise, and Progress of the Metropolis to the Present Period ....G.F. Cruchley, 1847 - 323 pages |
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Page 205 - It consumed eighty-nine churches, the City gates, Guildhall, many public structures, hospitals, schools, libraries, a vast number of stately edifices, thirteen thousand two hundred dwelling-houses, four hundred streets.
Page 131 - Near this place lies Abraham Cowley, " the Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England ; and the delight, " ornament, and admiration of his age...
Page 205 - Faith, a most gracious prince, commiserating the deplorable state of things, whilst the ruins were yet smoking provided for the comfort of his citizens, and the ornament of his city ; remitted their taxes, and referred the petitions of the magistrates and inhabitants to the parliament ; who immediately passed an act, that public works should be restored to greater beauty, with public money, to be raised by an imposition on coals; that churches, and the cathedral of St. Paul's, should be rebuilt from...
Page 205 - Moreover, care was taken by law to prevent all suits about their bounds. Also, anniversary prayers were enjoined; and to perpetuate the memory hereof to posterity, they caused this column to be erected. The work was carried on with diligence, and London is restored, but whether with greater speed or beauty may be made a question. Three years saw that finished, which was supposed to be the business of an age...
Page 205 - To the estates and fortunes of the citizens it was merciless, but to their lives very favourable, that it might in all things resemble the last conflagration of the world. The destruction was .sudden, for in a small space of time the City was seen most flourishing, and reduced to nothing.
Page 286 - ROOM, where there is now placed the state bed of Queen Anne, the rich velvet furniture and hangings of which were wrought at Spitalfields ; the chairs and stools are covered to correspond. The ceiling was painted by Sir James Thornhill, and represents Aurora rising out of the Sea.
Page 205 - ... made ; the sewers cleansed, the streets made straight and regular, such as were steep levelled, and those too narrow made wider ; markets and shambles removed to separate places. They also enacted, that every house should be built with party-walls, and all in front raised of equal height, and those walls all of square stone or brick, and that no man should delay beyond the space of seven years.
Page 134 - It was made by order of the magistrates of Dort, in Holland, and designed by them as a present to Henry VII. but that monarch dying before it was finished, it was set up in Waltham Abbey, where it remained till the dissolution of that monastery, when it was removed to New-Hall, in Essex, then in possession of General Monk, and by him preserved during the civil wars. Some years ago, John...
Page 16 - The Lollards' -tower, at the western extremity of the chapel, contains a small room wainscoted with oak, on which are inscribed several names and portions of sentences in ancient characters ; and the walls are furnished with large rings, to which the Lollards, and other persons confined for heretical opinions, are supposed to have been affixed. In the grounds, which are...
Page 81 - Ceylon, in a naval conflict of great disparity. 26. Captain Sir William Hoste, (d. 1828). T. Campbell. The Baronet appears in full naval uniform, with the cloak of one of his orders; and, with a truncheon in his hand, resting against the capstan of a ship. The inscription is surmounted by the family arms of the deceased. 27. General Gillespie, (d. 1814). Sir F. Chantrey, RA The officer to whose memory this statue was erected fell gloriously whilst leading his troops to an assault on the fortress...