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... Village , Church , and College . - Gad's Hill . — Seats.— Obelisk . - Strood Hill . - Strood . - Strood Church . - Seal and Coins found . - Ancient Hospital . - Temple Farm . - Rochester Bridge . -The Bridge Chamber . - Rochester . CHAP ...
... Village , Church , and College . - Gad's Hill . — Seats.— Obelisk . - Strood Hill . - Strood . - Strood Church . - Seal and Coins found . - Ancient Hospital . - Temple Farm . - Rochester Bridge . -The Bridge Chamber . - Rochester . CHAP ...
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... Village Re Baths & proposed new town off Bosierville , Hive Park 2 21 Wombwell House Edmeads Esq . Northfleet * 30 % Southfleet To 3M . Upper Village Stone Bridge Turnpike Galley Hill 19 ] Seat of Billet Esq ” 33 Rainham Mark Stroud ...
... Village Re Baths & proposed new town off Bosierville , Hive Park 2 21 Wombwell House Edmeads Esq . Northfleet * 30 % Southfleet To 3M . Upper Village Stone Bridge Turnpike Galley Hill 19 ] Seat of Billet Esq ” 33 Rainham Mark Stroud ...
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... villages of Stratford , Bow , Hackney , Newington , and Isling ton , bounded in the distance by the steep acclivities of Hampstead and Highgate . To the left rise the Surrey hills , with the villages of Peckham , Camberwell , Nor- wood ...
... villages of Stratford , Bow , Hackney , Newington , and Isling ton , bounded in the distance by the steep acclivities of Hampstead and Highgate . To the left rise the Surrey hills , with the villages of Peckham , Camberwell , Nor- wood ...
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... just beyond Mrs. Johnstone's beau- tiful seat , is the residence of her son , Hugh Johnstone , Esq . , which brings us into Welling , a village , 101 с miles from London , scarcely worth notice ; but con- SHOOTER'S HILL . 17.
... just beyond Mrs. Johnstone's beau- tiful seat , is the residence of her son , Hugh Johnstone , Esq . , which brings us into Welling , a village , 101 с miles from London , scarcely worth notice ; but con- SHOOTER'S HILL . 17.
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... village the range of hills , which , with little intermission , forms the boundary of all this coast , to Cliff and Cow- ling , commences . The chalk pits here are immense ; the cliffs formed by the excavations presenting , in many ...
... village the range of hills , which , with little intermission , forms the boundary of all this coast , to Cliff and Cow- ling , commences . The chalk pits here are immense ; the cliffs formed by the excavations presenting , in many ...
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Page 141 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. .The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Page 141 - Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Page 26 - Amen : A second he took she departed what then ? He married and buried a third with Amen. Thus his joys and his sorrows were Treble but then His Voice was deep Bass as he sung out Amen. On the Horn he could blow as well as most men So his Horn was exalted in blowing Amen.
Page 109 - I little thought on th' hour of death So long as I enjoyed breath, Great riches here I did possess, Whereof I made great nobleness, I had gold, silver, wardrobes, and Great treasure, horses, houses, land, But now a caitiff, poor am I, Deep in the ground, lo here I lie. My beauty great is all quite gone, My flesh is wasted to the bone. My house is narrow now and...
Page 112 - Gate, the principal avenue from the city to the precincts of the Cathedral, was erected in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII., and is a singularly fine specimen of enriched Tudor architecture. The spandrils of both the large and small arches of the gatehouse are charged with the arms of Cardinal Morton, of Archbishop Warham, and...
Page 53 - The transom, which rests upon the imposts of the arch, is composed of eight stones, ingeniously dove-tailed together, the outer faces of which are sculptured with the figures of the Apostles, In the space above is a representation of the Saviour, seated, with a book, open, in one hand, and the other raised, as...
Page 141 - There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep ; Bring me but to the very brim of it, And I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.