"Fulham" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at once to confiscate Cathedral Property. But why was it necessary, if the fund for small Livings was such a paramount consideration, that the future Archbishops of Canterbury should be left with two palaces, and L15,000 per annum? Why is every future Bishop of London to have a palace in Fulham, a house in St. James's Square, and L10,000 a year? Could not all the Episcopal functions be carried on well and effectually with the half of these incomes? Is it necessary that the Archbishop of Canterbury should give feasts to Aristocratic London; and that the domestics of the Prelacy ...
— Sydney Smith • George W. E. Russell
... George Cooke, Richard Goodchild, Chrisenus, his child, Elizabeth Mason, Symon Wither, Whitney Guy, Thomas Brodbanke, William Burnhouse, John Sparkes, Robert Morgaine, John Locke, William Thompson, Thomas Fulham, Cutberd Brooks, Innocent Poore, Edward Dupper, Elizabeth Davies, Thomas Buwen, Ann Barber, William Lucott, Nicholas ——, killed, Henry Bridges, Henry Payton, Richard Griffin, Raph Harrison, Samwell Harvie, John Boxer, Benjaimine Boxer, Thomas Servant, Frances ...
— Colonial Records of Virginia • Various
... very much. I should like to add that there are very few men who have ever impressed me so profoundly and so favourably as Dr. Creighton. I have often seen him since, both at Peterborough and at Fulham, and like and admire him most ...
— The Note-Books of Samuel Butler • Samuel Butler
... not a bull—from which the boat was rowed in a circle while one of the brothers who own the boat payed out the net. Thus we kept rowing in circles, alternately dropping and hauling in the net, as we slipped down what was once the Bishop of London's Fishery towards Fulham. There are still no flounders on the famous Bishop's Muds, but other fish were in evidence at once. Though the heat had made them go to the bottom, we had one or two at every haul. The two fishermen were fine ...
— The Naturalist on the Thames • C. J. Cornish
... evening, Will and Rupert, spruce enow with nosegays and ribbons, rowed us up to Putney. We had a brave ramble through Fulham meadows, father discoursing of the virtues of plants, and how many a poor knave's pottage would be improved if he were skilled in the properties of ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI. • Various
... strokes were rang on the great bell of the Bishop's Palace at Fulham. The gaoler came to his gate when summoned by ...
— The King's Daughters • Emily Sarah Holt
... in his pocket, and immediately went out. He was living in a small, but clean, lodging in Fulham, kept by a former housemaid and a former footman of his own, now Mr. and Mrs. Tart, kindly souls who were proud to receive him. He gave no trouble, and the preparation of his coffee and boiled egg was all the cooking he had done for him. Mrs. ...
— Great Possessions • Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
... telegraph office opposite Charing Cross. It's open always." And we rose and walked out along the Strand, now nearly deserted, and despatched an urgent message to Muriel at an address in Hurlingham Road, Fulham. ...
— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux
... There were many other practices which he (the Bishop) could only characterize as highly objectionable and quite contrary to the spirit of the Church of England, and would Mr. Lidderdale pay him a visit at Fulham Palace as soon as possible. Lidderdale went, and he argued with the Bishop until the Chaplain thought his Lordship had heard enough, after which the argument was resumed by letter. Then Lidderdale was invited ...
— The Altar Steps • Compton MacKenzie
... street running between the Fulham and the King's Road, in a row of small houses not yet improved out of existence, there was one house smallest of all, with the smallest front, the smallest back, and the smallest garden. The whole thing was almost impossibly small, a peculiarity properly reflected in the rent which Mr Gainsborough ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope |
