History of the Counties of Surrey and Sussex, Volume 1I.T. Hinton, 1829 - Surrey (England) |
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... James's Church , Bermondsey Dulwich College Battersea Church 416 433 446 .. St. Anne's Church , Wandsworth Putney Bridge 457 462 Barnes 473 Hammersmith Bridge 476 HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SURREY AND SUSSEX . BOOK ii CONTENTS .
... James's Church , Bermondsey Dulwich College Battersea Church 416 433 446 .. St. Anne's Church , Wandsworth Putney Bridge 457 462 Barnes 473 Hammersmith Bridge 476 HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SURREY AND SUSSEX . BOOK ii CONTENTS .
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... bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep . " On this statement the Rev. Mr. Manning makes the following comment , in which he has explained the true character of the phenomenon . " From this fabulous account , plainly founded on an ...
... bridge that feeds several flocks of sheep . " On this statement the Rev. Mr. Manning makes the following comment , in which he has explained the true character of the phenomenon . " From this fabulous account , plainly founded on an ...
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... bridge at Thorncroft it rises again in a strong spring ; and after that the current is constant . At a place called the Way Pool , on the side of the river next to Box - hill , the method in which the water is thus occasionally drawn ...
... bridge at Thorncroft it rises again in a strong spring ; and after that the current is constant . At a place called the Way Pool , on the side of the river next to Box - hill , the method in which the water is thus occasionally drawn ...
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... bridge . The first cut , formed to avoid a circuit of five miles and a half , which the river makes by Greatham and Pulborough , is a mile and three quarters in length , including a tunnel of about a quarter of a mile , thirteen feet ...
... bridge . The first cut , formed to avoid a circuit of five miles and a half , which the river makes by Greatham and Pulborough , is a mile and three quarters in length , including a tunnel of about a quarter of a mile , thirteen feet ...
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... bridge over the Ouse . Noviomagus . - This city was undoubtedly the capital of the Bibroci ; and upon a fair collation of the various opinions of antiquaries as to its real site , it appears to have lain under Woodcote warren , near old ...
... bridge over the Ouse . Noviomagus . - This city was undoubtedly the capital of the Bibroci ; and upon a fair collation of the various opinions of antiquaries as to its real site , it appears to have lain under Woodcote warren , near old ...
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Page 248 - Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the Order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like : sufficient in truth, within a while, to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Page 243 - ... of those that are wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without...
Page 248 - King Henry making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain chambers being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly and ran round like a train, consuming within less than an hour the whole house to the very grounds. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood...
Page 431 - Bourbidge, and Edward Allen, two such Actors, as no age must ever look to see the like...
Page 226 - E'en such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Page 248 - ... was stopped, did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle smoak, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming within less than an hour the whole house to the very ground. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrick, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks...
Page 228 - His virtues and his pills are so well known That envy can't confine them under stone. But they'll survive his dust and not expire Till all things else at th
Page 208 - ... at three casts. Then they set to the prince's mother, the duke, the earls, and other lords, to every one a ring of gold, which they did also win. After which they were feasted, and the music sounded, the prince and lords danced on the one part with the mummers, which did also dance ; which jollity being ended, they were again made to drink, and then departed in order as they came.
Page 207 - Kennington, alighted from their horses, and entered the hall on foot; which done, the prince, his mother, and the lords, came out of the chamber into the hall, whom the...
Page 245 - Beargarden" was under the protection of royalty, and the mastership of it made a patent place. The celebrated actor Alleyn enjoyed this lucrative post, as keeper of the king's wild beasts, or master of the royal bear-garden, situated on the Bankside, in Southwark.