The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 might have ...
... 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 might have ...
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... probably more or less given to overflowing . Grove - City might have been the final name , though Lake - City was the first ; and the propensity to name places from trees is still evident in our numerous Woot - tons , or Wood - towns ...
... probably more or less given to overflowing . Grove - City might have been the final name , though Lake - City was the first ; and the propensity to name places from trees is still evident in our numerous Woot - tons , or Wood - towns ...
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... ( probably that on which St. Paul's Cathedral stands , as it is the highest in London ) , and gradually exchanging their burrows in the ground for huts of wicker and clay , we are to picture to ourselves our metropolitan ancestors , half ...
... ( probably that on which St. Paul's Cathedral stands , as it is the highest in London ) , and gradually exchanging their burrows in the ground for huts of wicker and clay , we are to picture to ourselves our metropolitan ancestors , half ...
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... Probably their chariots were magnified both in number and construction . The scythes which modern fancy has turned into proper haymaking sabres , and which some antiquaries have found so convenient for cutting through " a woody country ...
... Probably their chariots were magnified both in number and construction . The scythes which modern fancy has turned into proper haymaking sabres , and which some antiquaries have found so convenient for cutting through " a woody country ...
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