An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea, and Its Environs: Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eminent Persons who Have Resided in Chelsea During the Three Preceding Centuries, المجلد 1T. Faulkner, 1829 |
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... Cheyne filed a bill in Chan- cery against the Duke of Beaufort , the proceedings on which were renewed by Sir Hans Sloane in 1716 , relative to the conveyance of this water from Kensington . The possessors of Beaufort House had assumed ...
... Cheyne filed a bill in Chan- cery against the Duke of Beaufort , the proceedings on which were renewed by Sir Hans Sloane in 1716 , relative to the conveyance of this water from Kensington . The possessors of Beaufort House had assumed ...
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... Cheyne's house , and Chelsea Manor , for her life ; and by others his letters - patent , dated 14th November , 1609 , having granted to James Howard , Esq . , her son , whom she overlived , and to whom she was administra- trix , the ...
... Cheyne's house , and Chelsea Manor , for her life ; and by others his letters - patent , dated 14th November , 1609 , having granted to James Howard , Esq . , her son , whom she overlived , and to whom she was administra- trix , the ...
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... Cheyne , Esq .; and after a view , before trial , the cause was argued , and Hazard and his trustees executed a deed of condescension , wherein Mr. Cheyne suffered the Duke to be made a party and first named ; however , this allows , at ...
... Cheyne , Esq .; and after a view , before trial , the cause was argued , and Hazard and his trustees executed a deed of condescension , wherein Mr. Cheyne suffered the Duke to be made a party and first named ; however , this allows , at ...
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... Cheyne's house yard . This old conduit , it is said , stood here about sixty years ago , and received the water which came in the leaden pipe from Kensington to the house called Chelsea Place , and through that house to this conduit ...
... Cheyne's house yard . This old conduit , it is said , stood here about sixty years ago , and received the water which came in the leaden pipe from Kensington to the house called Chelsea Place , and through that house to this conduit ...
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... Cheyne Row to the King's Road , as appears by the fol- lowing extract from the Vestry Minutes : - " 1735. Sept. 18. Whereas the Road leading from the North end of great Cheyne Row over the Glebe Land to the King's Private Road , is the ...
... Cheyne Row to the King's Road , as appears by the fol- lowing extract from the Vestry Minutes : - " 1735. Sept. 18. Whereas the Road leading from the North end of great Cheyne Row over the Glebe Land to the King's Private Road , is the ...
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الصفحة 87 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of* some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
الصفحة 313 - Alas, Sir, these are all only struggles for happiness. When I first entered Ranelagh, it gave an expansion and gay sensation to my mind, such as I never experienced anywhere else. But, as Xerxes wept when he viewed his immense army, and considered that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant circle, that was not afraid to go home and think ; but that the thoughts of each individual there,...
الصفحة 209 - A curious Herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physic, engraved on folio copper plûtes, afler drawings taken from the life, by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added, a short description of the plants, and their common uses in physic, ? vols, folio.
الصفحة 187 - His greatest success was in characters of lower life, which he improved from the delight he took in his observations of that kind in the real world. In songs and particular dances too of humour he had no competitor.
الصفحة 4 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
الصفحة 351 - For upwards of eighty-six years I have kept my accounts exactly : I will not attempt it any longer, being satisfied with the continual conviction, that I save all- I can, and give all I can ; that is, all I have.
الصفحة 206 - we have hitherto seen serene and quiet times under our three last sovereigns, but I must now warn you to prepare for clouds and storms. Factions arise on every side, and threaten the tranquillity of your native country. But, whatever happen, do you faithfully honour and obey your prince, and adhere to the crown. I charge you never to forsake the crown, though it should hang upon a bush.
الصفحة 188 - In his political principles he was, in the words of sir Richard Steele, a " whig up to the head and ears ;" and so strictly was he attached to the interests of the house of Hanover, that he never let slip any occasion that presented itself of demonstrating his sentiments in that respect.
الصفحة 87 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes; I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
الصفحة 42 - Ye living men, come view the ground, "Where you must shortly lie. 2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers! The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.