The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events; St. Paul's to St. James'sHutchinson & Company, 1906 - 626 pages |
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... TAVERN . OTHER COFFEE- HOUSES AND SHOPS . GOLDSMITH AND TEM- PLE - BAR . SHIRE LANE , BICKERSTAFF , AND THE DEPUTATION FROM THE COUNTRY . THE KIT - KAT CLUB . MRS SALMON . ISAAC WALTON . COWLEY . CHANCERY LANE , LORD STRAFFORD , AND BEN ...
... TAVERN . OTHER COFFEE- HOUSES AND SHOPS . GOLDSMITH AND TEM- PLE - BAR . SHIRE LANE , BICKERSTAFF , AND THE DEPUTATION FROM THE COUNTRY . THE KIT - KAT CLUB . MRS SALMON . ISAAC WALTON . COWLEY . CHANCERY LANE , LORD STRAFFORD , AND BEN ...
Page xii
... TAVERN . THOMSON . SPRING GARDENS . MRS CENTLIVRE . DORSET PLACE , AND WHITCOMBE STREET , ETC. , FOR- MERLY HEDGE LANE . THE WITS AND THE BAILIFF . SUFFOLK STREET . SWIFT AND MISS VANHOMRIGH . CALVES ' HEAD CLUB , AND THE RIOT IT ...
... TAVERN . THOMSON . SPRING GARDENS . MRS CENTLIVRE . DORSET PLACE , AND WHITCOMBE STREET , ETC. , FOR- MERLY HEDGE LANE . THE WITS AND THE BAILIFF . SUFFOLK STREET . SWIFT AND MISS VANHOMRIGH . CALVES ' HEAD CLUB , AND THE RIOT IT ...
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... taverns , & c . , & c .; but the intellectual man is struck with it as comprehending the whole of human life in all its variety , the contemplation of which is inexhaustible . " It does not follow that the other persons whom Boswell ...
... taverns , & c . , & c .; but the intellectual man is struck with it as comprehending the whole of human life in all its variety , the contemplation of which is inexhaustible . " It does not follow that the other persons whom Boswell ...
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... tavern to boot , probably saw nothing in London of the times gone by - of all that rich aggregate of the past , which is one of the great treasures of knowledge ; and yet , by the same principle on which Boswell admired Dr Johnson , he ...
... tavern to boot , probably saw nothing in London of the times gone by - of all that rich aggregate of the past , which is one of the great treasures of knowledge ; and yet , by the same principle on which Boswell admired Dr Johnson , he ...
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... taverns were still frequented by them ; and city marriages began to be sought after , to mend the fortunes of the debauched cavaliers . Elizabeth's suc- cessor , James , was the first king who entered into anything like domestic ...
... taverns were still frequented by them ; and city marriages began to be sought after , to mend the fortunes of the debauched cavaliers . Elizabeth's suc- cessor , James , was the first king who entered into anything like domestic ...
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