The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events; St. Paul's to St. James'sHutchinson & Company, 1906 - 626 pages |
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Page ix
... DUCHESS OF ALBEMARLE . BEAUFORT BUILDINGS . LILLIE , THE PERFUMER . AARON HILL . FIELDING . SOUTHAMP- ΤΟΝ STREET . CECIL AND SALISBURY STREETS . DUR- HAM HOUSE . RALEIGH . PENNANT ON THE WORD PLACE OR PALACE . NEW EXCHANGE . TALEON SA ...
... DUCHESS OF ALBEMARLE . BEAUFORT BUILDINGS . LILLIE , THE PERFUMER . AARON HILL . FIELDING . SOUTHAMP- ΤΟΝ STREET . CECIL AND SALISBURY STREETS . DUR- HAM HOUSE . RALEIGH . PENNANT ON THE WORD PLACE OR PALACE . NEW EXCHANGE . TALEON SA ...
Page xiii
... OF THAT SON . BUCKINGHAM HOUSE . SHEFFIELD AND HIS DUCHESS . CHARACTER OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE . ADVANTAGES OF QUEEN VIC- TORIA OVER HER PREDECESSORS PAGE 589 ILLUSTRATIONS Engraved by C. Thurston Thompson from drawings by J. xiii.
... OF THAT SON . BUCKINGHAM HOUSE . SHEFFIELD AND HIS DUCHESS . CHARACTER OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE . ADVANTAGES OF QUEEN VIC- TORIA OVER HER PREDECESSORS PAGE 589 ILLUSTRATIONS Engraved by C. Thurston Thompson from drawings by J. xiii.
Page 62
... Duchess of Marlborough , in resisting the claims of one of her Blenheim surveyors , said , " that Sir C. Wren was content to be dragged up in a basket three times a - week to the top of St. Paul's , at a great hazard , for £ 200 a year ...
... Duchess of Marlborough , in resisting the claims of one of her Blenheim surveyors , said , " that Sir C. Wren was content to be dragged up in a basket three times a - week to the top of St. Paul's , at a great hazard , for £ 200 a year ...
Page 110
... Duchess of Cleveland's father . Richardson himself was buried in St. Bride's . He was laid , accord- ing to his wish , with his first wife , in the middle aisle , near the pulpit . Where he lived , we shall see presently . Not far from ...
... Duchess of Cleveland's father . Richardson himself was buried in St. Bride's . He was laid , accord- ing to his wish , with his first wife , in the middle aisle , near the pulpit . Where he lived , we shall see presently . Not far from ...
Page 135
... Duchess of Cleveland used to visit , in the habit of a milliner ; Congreve , Rowe , Fielding , Burke , and Cowper . Goldsmith was not of the Temple , but he had chambers in it , died there , and was buried in the Temple Church . He ...
... Duchess of Cleveland used to visit , in the habit of a milliner ; Congreve , Rowe , Fielding , Burke , and Cowper . Goldsmith was not of the Temple , but he had chambers in it , died there , and was buried in the Temple Church . He ...
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