The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events; St. Paul's to St. James'sHutchinson & Company, 1906 - 626 pages |
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... COVENT GARDEN : - CRAVEN HOUSE . DONNE AND HIS VISION . LORD CRAVEN AND THE QUEEN OF BOHEMΙΑ . NELL GWYNN . DRURY LANE THEATRE . ITS ANTIQUITY , DIFFERENT ERAS , AND RE - BUILDINGS . THE PRINCIPAL THEATRE OF DRY- DEN , WYCHERLY ...
... COVENT GARDEN : - CRAVEN HOUSE . DONNE AND HIS VISION . LORD CRAVEN AND THE QUEEN OF BOHEMΙΑ . NELL GWYNN . DRURY LANE THEATRE . ITS ANTIQUITY , DIFFERENT ERAS , AND RE - BUILDINGS . THE PRINCIPAL THEATRE OF DRY- DEN , WYCHERLY ...
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... COVENT GARDEN . BARRY . CONTRADICTORY CHARACTERS OF HIM BY DAVIES AND CHURCHILL . MACKLIN . WOODWARD . PANTOMIME . ENGLISH TASTE IN MUSIC . COOKE . RISE OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN SOCIAL RANK . IMPROVEMENT OF THE AUDIENCE . DR JOHNSON ...
... COVENT GARDEN . BARRY . CONTRADICTORY CHARACTERS OF HIM BY DAVIES AND CHURCHILL . MACKLIN . WOODWARD . PANTOMIME . ENGLISH TASTE IN MUSIC . COOKE . RISE OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN SOCIAL RANK . IMPROVEMENT OF THE AUDIENCE . DR JOHNSON ...
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... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE , 1794 411 INIGO JONES'S CHURCH AND COVENT GARDEN . TEMP . JAMES II . FROM A PRINT OF THE PERIOD 439 HOUSE IN ST . MARTIN'S STREET , LEICESTER SQUARE , FORMERLY THE RESIDENCE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTOΝ , 1810 480 THE ...
... COVENT GARDEN THEATRE , 1794 411 INIGO JONES'S CHURCH AND COVENT GARDEN . TEMP . JAMES II . FROM A PRINT OF THE PERIOD 439 HOUSE IN ST . MARTIN'S STREET , LEICESTER SQUARE , FORMERLY THE RESIDENCE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTOΝ , 1810 480 THE ...
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... Covent Garden was commenced , as it now stands . Symptoms of a future neighbourhood ap- peared also in Leicester Fields , though the place con- tinued to be what the name imports , as late as the beginning of the last century . The ...
... Covent Garden was commenced , as it now stands . Symptoms of a future neighbourhood ap- peared also in Leicester Fields , though the place con- tinued to be what the name imports , as late as the beginning of the last century . The ...
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... Covent Garden . And the inhabitants in this street are now a mixture of tradespeople , such as tire - women , or milliners , for the sale of top - knots , and the like dressings for the females . " In a subsequent edition of his history ...
... Covent Garden . And the inhabitants in this street are now a mixture of tradespeople , such as tire - women , or milliners , for the sale of top - knots , and the like dressings for the females . " In a subsequent edition of his history ...
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