The Guildhall of the City of LondonSimpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1899 - 206 pages |
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The Guildhall of the City of London: Together with a Short Account of Its ... John James Baddeley No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 62 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the City of London...
Page 55 - Permit me, sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Page 24 - I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me ; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
Page 55 - Most gracious Sovereign, will your Majesty be pleased so far to condescend as to permit the mayor of your loyal City of London to declare in your royal presence, on behalf of his fellow-citizens, how much the bare apprehension of your Majesty's displeasure would at all times affect their minds. The declaration of that displeasure has already filled them with inexpressible anxiety, and with the deepest affliction. Permit me, sire, to assure your Majesty, that your Majesty has...
Page 68 - Before the present giants inhabited Guildhall, there were two giants made only of wicker-work and pasteboard, put together with great art and ingenuity : and those two terrible original giants had the honour yearly to grace my Lord Mayor's Show, being carried in great triumph in the time of the pageants; and when that eminent annual service was over, remounted...
Page 37 - ... the charges whereof the companies gave large benevolences ; also offences of men were pardoned for sums of money towards this work, extraordinary fees were raised, fines, amercements, and other things employed during seven years, with a continuation thereof three years more, all to be employed to this building.
Page 63 - WILLIAM PITT, Son of WILLIAM PITT, Earl of CHATHAM, Inheriting the genius and formed by the precepts of his Father, Devoted himself from his early years to the service of the State. Called to the chief conduct of the Administration, after the close of a disastrous war, He repaired the exhausted Revenues, he revived and invigorated the Commerce and Prosperity...
Page 193 - Act referred to as the common council) ; and (A.) such of them as would, in the said case, be by virtue of this Act exercised and discharged by the county council shall cease, and the county council shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have those powers, duties, and liabilities...
Page 55 - ... of that displeasure, has already filled them with inexpressible anxiety, and with the deepest affliction. Permit me, sire, to assure your majesty, that your majesty has not, in all your dominions, any subjects more faithful, more dutiful, or more affectionate to your majesty's person and family, or more ready to sacrifice their lives and fortunes in the maintenance of the true honour and dignity of your crown.
Page 57 - ... wisely chosen and faithfully observed, by colonies united and protected, by decisive victories by sea and land, by conquests made by arms and generosity in every part of the globe, and by commerce, for the first time united with and made to flourish by war, was pleased to raise up as a proper instrument in this memorable work, WILLIAM PITT.