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Identifier: oldnewlondonnarr03thor (find matches)
Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
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hat the lanes and streetsleading down to it were to be kept free from allimpediments, so that persons going on horsebackmight experience no difficulty in reaching its banks. A capital story, showing not only the value ofthe Thames, but the appreciation of that valueby the citizens of London, is related concerningJames I. and a certain Lord )\Iayor in his reign. James being in want of some twenty thousandpounds, applied to the Corporation of London forthe loan of that sum. The Corporation refused.The king, whose notions of the regal power weresomewhat arbitrary, sent for the Lord ISIayor andcertain of the aldermen, and rated them severelyfor their disloyalty, insisting that they should raisethe money forthwith by hook or by crook. Mayit please your majesty, said the Lord Mayor, wecannot lend you what we have not got. Youmust get it, replied the king, haughtily. ^^ecannot, sire, said the Lord INIayor. Then Illcompel you, rejoined the king. But, sire, you OLD AND NEW LONDON. (The Thames.
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The Thames.) THAMES COiNSERVANCY. 289 cannot compel us, retorted the Lord Mayor. No ! exclaimed James ; * then Ill ruin you andyour city for ever. Ill remove my courts of law,my Court itself, and my Parliament to Winchesteror to Oxford, and make a desert of Westminster ;and then think what will become of you ! Mayit please your majesty, meekly but tirmly, * youare at liberty to remove yourself and your courtswherever you please ; but, sire, there will always Much of the scenery of the Thames in Londonand \^estminster as it was at the commencementof the present century has been rescued fromoblivion by the brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby,both Royal Academicians. Their elaborate draw-ings, taken from the terrace and gardens ofSomerset House, exhibit on the Surrey side thelanding-stairs of Kupers Gardens, and on theMiddlesex shore that part of the old Palace at

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  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookpublisher:London___Cassell__Petter____Galpin
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  • bookleafnumber:305
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