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
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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f Arundel, one of Elizabeths ad-mirers, but the spirited princess seems to have dis-dained their use. The author of An Estimateof the Manners of the Times, published in 1758,asks, with reference to the Sedan chairs, of whichwe have spoken above, How would he have beenlaughed at in the days of Elizabeth, when a great(jueen rode on horseback to St. Pauls, who shouldhave foretold that in less than two centuries no Whitehall.) tHE OLD PALACE. 337 man of fashion would cross the street at the west-end to dinner, without the effeminate covering andconveyance of an easy chair ? The last occasion on which Her Majesty wentby state upon the Thames was in 1849, when sheopened the new Coal Exchange in the City. On that occasion she embarked and landed on herreturn at Whitehall Stairs, as her proud predecessorElizabeth had often landed before her. Sincethat year we believe that the royal barge has beenallowed to slumber in its dry-dock, and the royalbargemaster and watermen have enjoyed a sinecure.
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WHITEHALL ABOUT 1650. (From a Copy by Smith of a Rare Print by Israel Sihestre.) CHAPTER XLH.W H I T E H A L L.—H ISTORICAL REMARKS. Vou must no more call it York Place—that is past ;For since the Cardinal fell that titles lost;Tis now the Kings, and called Whitehall. Shakespeare z Henry VIII., Act IV., sc. i. The most Polite Court in Europe-A School of Manners and Morals-Historical Account of Whitehall-Anciently called York Place-Nameof York Place changed to Whitehall-Wolseys Style of Living here-Visit of Henrj VIII.-The Fall of Wolsey-Additions to the Palaceby Henry VIII.—Queen Mary at Whitehall-The Palace attacked by Rioters-1 ihing-Matches and Pageants-Queen Elizabeths Library-Tlie Fortresse of Perfect Beautie -Masques and Revels at Whitehall-The Office of Master of the Revels -The Tiltyard-CharlesKilligrew-Serving up the Queens Dinner-Christian IV. of Denmark and James I.-The Gunpowder PIot-Librarv of James I. atVvhitehall- George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The moment th

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