OR, OF THB BRITISH METROPOLIS: INCLUDING CHARACTERISTIC: SKETCHES, ANTIQUARIAN, TOPOGRAPHICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND LITERARY. BY EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. &c. &c. “ The Man who stood on the Acropolis, Or seen Tombuctoo, or hath taken tea Or sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh, LORD BYRON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: ANALYTICAL TABLE ор CONTENTS. Entertainment of Christian IV., King of Denmark 1-5 Christian's visit to the Queen, Anne of Denmark. His entry into London, and particulars of the Banquets given for his amusement. .Sad disaster of the Queen Exemptions from serving the office of Lord Mayor.. Ordinance in the time of Henry VI. for pressing Min- strels. .Complaint of Thomas Tusser, Some account of Gower.. Editions of his poem “ De Confessione Amantis”.. Description of his Monurnent Character and Disposition of the Maiden Queen, by Sir John Harington. . Her Subtlety, Fondness for Dress, b Foreign Compositors in the reign of Elizabeth. Westminster Abley.- Monument of Lady Nightingale 17-19 Lady Nightingale's Monument the work of Roubiliac, ..The Subject described..Critical Remarks. Particulars of the Sheriffdon, by Richard Hoare, Esq. ..Three Lord Mayors in one Year.. Transportation of Felons..Custom of collecting Charity for the City Mode of Proclaiming St. Bartholomew Fair in 1741. queathed to the Black Friars.. Sold to Walter Gray, Archbishop of York, and made the Archiepis- copal Palace of that see.. Splendid establishment and pompous living of Cardinal Wolsey at York Place. .. Wolsey's disgrace and retirement to Asber.. York Place occupied by King Henry VIII., who erects additional buildings there, and annexes the whole, together with St. James's Park, to his ancient Pa- lace of Westminster.... Marriage of that Sovereign with Anne Boleyn, at York Place.. Early occurrence of the appellation Whitehall. . Henry reviews a grand muster of armed Citizens from the Gate-house. ..His death. . Splendour of Whitehall in Queen Elizabeth's reiga..Erection of a Banquetting House for the Entertainment of a French Embassy in 1581 .. Gorgeous Triumph in the Tilt-yard. Hentzner's Account of Whiteball in 1598.. Anecdotes and De- cease of Queen Elizabeth. . Diversions at Whiteball in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. .Masque of “Black nesse.”.. Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth .. Designs for a new Palace by Inigo Jones. . Ban- quetting-house. ,Ordinances for selling the Pictures |
0 Anmeldelser Anmeldelserne verificeres ikke af Google, men Google tjekker indholdet og fjerner det, hvis det er falsk. Skriv anmeldelse |