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II. ST. PAUL'S, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: -THE CHURCH

OF ST. FAITH. BOOKSELLERS OF THE CHURCH-

YARD. MR JOHNSON'S. MR NEWBERRY'S. CHILD-

REN'S BOOKS. CLERICAL NAMES OF STREETS

NEAR ST. PAUL'S. SWIFT AT THE TOP OF THE

CATHEDRAL. DR JOHNSON AT ST. PAUL'S. PATER-

NOSTER ROW. PANYER'S ALLEY. STATIONERS'

HALL.
ALMANACKS. KNIGHT-RIDERS' STREET.

ARMED ASSEMBLIES OF THE CITIZENS. DOCTORS'

COMMONS. THE HERALDS' COLLEGE. COATS OF

ARMS. LUDGATE. STORY OF SIR STEPHEN FORSTER.

PRISON OF LUDGATE. WYATT'S REBELLION. THE

BELLE SAUVAGE INN. BLACKFRIARS. SHAKSPEARE'S

THEATRE. ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS IN 1623.

PRINTINGHOUSE SQUARE. "THE TIMES." BAY-

NARD'S CASTLE. STORY OF THE BARON FITZWALTER.

RICHARD III. AND BUCKINGHAM. DIANA'S CHAMBER.

THE ROYAL WARDROBE. MARRIAGES IN THE FLEET.

FLEET DITCH. THE DUNCIAD

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CHATTER-

SNUFF

RICH-

WHITE-

III. FLEET STREET:-BURNING OF THE POPE. ST. BRIDE'S

STEEPLE. MILTON. ILLUMINATED CLOCK. MELAN-

CHOLY END OF LOVELACE THE CAVALIER,

ΤΟΝ. GENEROSITY OF HARDHAM, OF

CELEBRITY. THEATRE IN DORSET GARDEN.

ARDSON, HIS HABITS AND CHARACTER.

FRIARS, OR ALSATIA. THE TEMPLE. ITS MONU-

MENTS, GARDEN, ETC. EMINENT NAMES CONNECTED

WITH IT. GOLDSMITH DIES THERE. BOSWELL'S

FIRST VISIT THERE TO JOHNSON. JOHNSON AND

MADAME DE BOUFFLERS. BERNARD LINTOT.

BEN JONSON'S DEVIL 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 JON-

SON. SERJEANTS' INN. CLIFFORD'S INN. THE

ROLLS. SIR JOSEPH JEKYLL. CHURCH OF ST.

DUNSTAN'S IN THE WEST. DRYDEN'S HOUSE IN

FETTER LANE. JOHNSON, THE GENIUS LOCI OF

FLEET STREET. HIS WAY OF LIFE. HIS RESIDENCE

IN GOUGH SQUARE. JOHNSON'S COURT AND BOLT

COURT. VARIOUS ANECDOTES OF HIM CONNECTED

WITH FLEET STREET, AND WITH HIS FAVOURITE

TAVERN, THE MITRE

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IV. THE STRAND: - ANCIENT STATE OF THE STRAND. BUT-

CHER ROW. DEATH OF LEE, THE DRAMATIC POET.

JOHNSON AT AN EATING HOUSE. ESSEX STREET.

HOUSE AND HISTORY OF THE FAVOURITE EARL OF

ESSEX. SPENSER'S VISIT THERE. ESSEX, GENERAL OF

THE PARLIAMENT. ESSEX HEAD CLUB. DEVEREUX

COURT. GRECIAN COFFEE-HOUSE. TWINING, THE

ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLAR. ST. CLEMENT DANES.

CLEMENT'S INN.
FALSTAFF AND SHALLOW. NOR-

FOLK, ARUNDEL, SURREY, AND HOWARD STREETS.

NORFOLK HOUSE. ESSEX'S RING AND THE COUNTESS

OF NOTTINGHAM. WILLIAM PENN. BIRCH. DR

BROCKLESBY. CONGREVE, AND HIS WILL. VOL-

TAIRE'S VISIT TO HIM. MRS BRACEGIRDLE. TRA-

GICAL END OF MOUNTFORD THE PLAYER. ANCIENT

CROSS. MAYPOLE. NEW CHURCH OF ST. MARY-LE-

STRAND. OLD SOMERSET HOUSE. HENRIETTA MARIA

AND HER FRENCH HOUSEHOLD. WALLER'S MISHAP AT

SOMERSET STAIRS. NEW SOMERSET HOUSE. ROYAL

SOCIETY, ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, AND ROYAL ACAD-

EMY. DEATH OF DR KING. EXETER STREET. JOHN-

SON'S FIRST LODGING IN LONDON. ART OF LIVING

IN LONDON. CATHERINE STREET. UNFORTUNATE

WOMEN. WIMBLEDON HOUSE. LYCEUM AND BEEF-

STEAK CLUB. EXETER CHANGE. BED AND BALTI-

MORE. THE SAVOY. ANECDOTES OF THE 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.

DON PAN-

ADELPHI.

TALEON SA. THE WHITE MILLINER.

GARRICK AND HIS WIFE. BEAUCLERC. SOCIETY OF

GEORGE,

ARTS, AND MR BARRY. BEDFORD STREET.

VILLIERS AND BUCKINGHAM STREETS. YORK HOUSE

AND BUILDINGS. SQUABBLE BETWEEN THE SPANISH

AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS. HUNGERFORD MARKET.

CRAVEN STREET. FRANKLIN. NORTHUMBERLAND

HOUSE. DUPLICITY OF HENRY, EARL OF NORTHAMP-

ΤΟΝ. VIOLENCE OF LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY.

PERCY, BISHOP OF DROMORE. PLEASANT MISTAKE OF

GOLDSMITH

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V. LINCOLN S INN, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD:---LINCOLN'S
INN. BEN JONSON'S BRICKLAYING. ENACTMENTS
AGAINST BEARDS. OLIVER CROMWELL, MORE, HALE,
AND OTHER EMINENT STUDENTS OF LINCOLN'S

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INN. LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, OR SQUARE. HOUSES

THERE BUILT BY INIGO JONES. PEPYS'S ADMIRATION

OF THE COMFORTS OF MR POVEY. SURGEONS'

COLLEGE. SIR RICHARD AND LADY FANSHAWE, AND

LORD SANDWICH. EXECUTION OF THE PATRIOTIC

LORD RUSSELL, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CIRCUM-

STANCES THAT LED TO AND ACCOMPANIED IT, AND

SOME REMARKS ON HIS CHARACTER.

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AFFECTING

PASSAGES FROM THE LETTERS OF HIS WIDOW. LUDI-

CROUS STORY CONNECTED WITH NEWCASTLE HOUSE

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VI. GREAT QUEEN STREET. FORMER FASHIONABLE HOUSES

THERE. LEWIS AND MISS POPE, THE COMEDIANS.

MARTIN FOLKES. SIR GODFREY KNELLER AND HIS

VANITY. DR RADCLIFFE. LORD HERBERT OF CHER-

BURY. NUISANCE OF WHETSTONE PARK. THE THREE

DUKES AND THE BEADLE. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS

IN THE TIME OF CHARLES II. FORMER THEATRES

IN VERE STREET AND PORTUGAL STREET. FIRST

APPEARANCE OF ACTRESSES. INFAMOUS DECEPTION

OF ONE OF THEM BY THE EARL OF OXFORD.

APPEARANCE OF AN AVOWED IMPOSTOR ON THE

STAGE.
ANECDOTES OF THE WITS AND FINE

LADIES OF THE TIME OF CHARLES, CONNECTED WITH

THE THEATRE IN THIS QUARTER. KYNASTON, BET-

TERTON, NOKES, MRS BARRY, MRS MOUNTFORD, AND

OTHER PERFORMERS. RICH. JOE MILLER. CAREY

STREET AND MRS CHAPONE. CLARE MARKET. HIS-

TORY AND SPECIMENS OF ORATOR HENLEY. DUKE

STREET AND LITTLE WILD STREET. ANECDOTES OF

DR FRANKLIN'S RESIDENCE IN THOSE STREETS WHILE

A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER

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VII. DRURY LANE, AND THE TWO THEATRES IN DRURY

LANE AND 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, FARQUHAR, STEELE, GARRICK,

AND SHERIDAN. OLD DRURY IN THE TIME OF

CHARLES II. A VISIT TO IT. PEPYS AND HIS

THEATRICAL GOSSIP, WITH NOTES. HART AND

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GOODMAN.

MOHUN.

NELL GWYNN. DRAMATIC

TASTE OF THAT AGE. BOOTH. ARTIFICIAL TRAGEDY.

WILKS AND CIBBER. BULLOCK AND PENKΕΤΗΜΑΝ.

A COLONEL ENAMOURED OF CIBBER'S WIG. MRS

OLDFIELD. HER SINGULAR POSITION IN SOCIETY.

NOT THE FLAVIA OF THE TATLER. POPE'S ACCOUNT

OF HER LAST WORDS PROBABLY NOT TRUE. DE-

CLAMATORY ACTING. LIVELY ACCOUNT OF GARRICK

AND QUIN BY MR CUMBERLAND.
IMPROVEMENT OF

STAGE COSTUME. KING. MRS PRITCHARD. MRS

CLIVE. MRS WOFFINGTON. 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 AT THE THEATRE.

CHURCHILL A GREAT PIT CRITIC. HIS ROSCIAD.

HIS PICTURE OF MOSSOP. MRS JORDAN AND MR

SUETT. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAY-GOER

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VIII. COVENT GARDEN, continued, AND LEICESTER SQUARE:-

BOW STREET ONCE THE BOND STREET OF LONDON.

FASHIONS AT THAT TIME. INFAMOUS FROLIC OF

SIR CHARLES SEDLEY AND OTHERS. WYCHERLY AND

THE COUNTESS OF DROGHEDA. TONSON THE BOOK-

SELLER. FIELDING. RUSSELL STREET. DRYDEN

BEATEN BY HIRED RUFFIANS IN ROSE STREET. HIS

PRESIDENCY AT WILL'S COFFEE-HOUSE. CHARACTER

OF THAT PLACE. ADDISON AND BUTTON'S COFFEE-

HOUSE. POPE, PHILIPS, AND GARTH. ARMSTRONG.

BOSWELL'S INTRODUCTION TO JOHNSON. THE HUM-

MUMS. GHOST STORY THERE. COVENT GARDEN.

THE CHURCH. CAR, EARL OF SOMERSET. BUTLER,

SOUTHERN, EASTCOURT, SIR ROBERT STRANGE.

MACKLIN.
CURIOUS DIALOGUE WITH HIM WHEN

PAST A CENTURY. DR WALCOT. COVENT GARDEN

SOUTHAMPTON

MARKET. STORY OF LORD SANDWICH, HACKMAN,

AND MISS RAY. HENRIETTA STREET. MRS CLIVE.

JAMES STREET. PARTRIDGE, THE ALMANACK-MAKER.

MYSTERIOUS LADY. KING STREET. ARNE AND HIS

FATHER. THE FOUR INDIAN KINGS.

ROW. MAIDEN LANE. VOLTAIRE. LONG ACRE AND

ITS MUG-HOUSES. PRIOR'S RESORT THERE. NEW-

PORT STREET. ST. MARTIN'S LANE AND LEICESTER

SQUARE. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. HOGARTH. SIR

ISAAC NEWTON

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IX. CHARING CROSS AND WHITEHALL: - OLD CHARING

CROSS, AND NEW ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH. STATUE

OF CHARLES I. EXECUTION OF REGICIDES. BEN

JONSON. WALLINGFORD HOUSE, NOW THE ADMIR-

ALTY. VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM; SIR

WALTER SCOTT'S ACCOUNT OF HIM. MISREPRESEN-

TATION OF POPE RESPECTING HIS DEATH. CHARLES'S

HORSE A SATIRIST. LOCKET'S ORDINARY. SIR

GEORGE ETHEREGE. PRIOR AND HIS UNCLE'S 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 OCCASIONED.

SCOTLAND YARD. PLEASANT ADVERTISEMENT. BEAU

FIELDING, AND HIS ECCENTRICITIES. VANBURGH.

DESPERATE ADVENTURE OF LORD HERBERT OF CHER-

BURY

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X. WOLSEY AND WHITEHALL: - REGAL CHARACTER OF

WHITEHALL. YORK PLACE. PERSONAL AND MORAL

CHARACTER OF WOLSEY.
COMPARISON OF HIM

WITH HIS MASTER, HENRY. HIS POMP AND POPU-

LARITY. HUMOUROUS ACCOUNT OF HIS FLATTERERS

BY SIR THOMAS MORE. IMPORTANCE OF HIS HAT.

CAVENDISH'S ACCOUNT OF HIS HOUSEHOLD STATE,

HIS GOINGS FORTH IN PUBLIC, AND HIS ENTER-

TAINMENTS OF THE KING.

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XI. HENRY THE EIGHTH. HIS PERSON AND CHARACTER.

MODERN QUALIFICATIONS OF IT CONSIDERED. PAS-

SAGES RESPECTING HIM FROM LINGARD, SIR THOMAS

WYAT, AND OTHERS. HIS ADDITIONS TO WHITE-

HALL. A RETROSPECT AT ELIZABETH. COURT OF

JAMES RESUMED. ITS GROSS HABITS. LETTER OF

SIR JOHN HARRINGTON RESPECTING THEM. JAMES'S

DRUNKENNESS. TESTIMONIES OF WELLDON, SULLY,

AND ROGER COKE. CURIOUS OMISSION IN THE IN-

VECTIVE OF CHURCHILL THE POET. WELLDON'S

PORTRAIT OF JAMES. BUCKINGHAM, THE FAVOURITE.

FRIGHTFUL STORY OF SOMERSET. MASQUES. BAN-

QUETING HOUSE. INIGO JONES AND BEN JONSON.

COURT OF CHARLES THE FIRST.

CHARLES THE SECOND. JAMES THE SECOND

CROMWELL.

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