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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous

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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It

Name: London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800

56. A neat monument erected for Edward de Carteret, the son of Sir
  Edward de Carteret, Gentleman Usher to King Charles II. who died on
  the 30th of October 1677, in the eighth year of his age. It is
  ornamented with cherubs and with festoons of leaves and fruit.

  57. The monument of Thomas Levingston, Viscount Teviot, is decorated
  with the arms, supporters, and crest of that nobleman, and with
  military trophies, alluding to his profession of a soldier. On the
  face of the monument is a long inscription in Latin, shewing that he
  was born in Holland, but descended from the Levingstons in Scotland;
  that from his childhood he was trained to arms; and having attended
  the Prince of Orange into Britain, as a Colonel of foot, rose to the
  rank of a Lieutenant-General in the army, and General of the Scotch
  forces, was made Master of the ordnance, and a Privy Counsellor; that
  he secured Scotland to the King by one decisive action on the Spey,
  for which he was advanced to the dignity of a Viscount, and that he
  died on the 14th of Jan. 1710, aged sixty.

  58. A handsome monument erected for the Lord Constable, ornamented
  with a cherub below, and the family arms above. It has this short
  inscription:

      Near this lies the Right Hon. Robert Lord Constable, Viscount
      Dunbar, who departed this life Nov. 23, 1714, in the
      sixty-fourth year of his age.

  59. A plain neat monument for Peter Heylin, D.D. and Prebendary of
  this church, who died on the 8th of May 1662. It is adorned with a
  pediment, and the arms of the deceased, and contains a long
  inscription in Latin, mentioning the most remarkable incidents in his
  life.

  60. The tomb of Charles Williams, Esq; adorned with very remarkable
  scroll-work, and scollopping; what is very singular is, its being
  supported by a death’s head on the wings of Time. This gentleman died
  on the 29th of August 1720, aged eighty-seven.

  61. A small but elegant monument erected to the memory of the
  celebrated Henry Purcell, Esq; well known by his admirable musical
  compositions. The inscription consists of this short and comprehensive
  sentence:

               Here lies Henry Purcell, who left this life,
                 and is gone to that blessed place, where
                   only his harmony can be exceeded. He
                  died Nov. 21, 1697, in his 37th year.

  62. The next is the monument of William Croft, Doctor in music. On the
  pedestal is an organ in bas relief, and on the top, a bust of the
  deceased,

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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It

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