The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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Page 43
... celebrated as actors , though not so much so as those of St. Paul's . A set of them were incorporated under the title of Children of the Revels , among whom are to be found names that have since become celebrated as the fellow - actors ...
... celebrated as actors , though not so much so as those of St. Paul's . A set of them were incorporated under the title of Children of the Revels , among whom are to be found names that have since become celebrated as the fellow - actors ...
Page 45
... celebrated for acting old men . It is well known that , up to the Restoration , and some- times afterwards , boys performed the parts of women . Kynaston , when a boy , used to be taken out by the ladies an airing , in his female dress ...
... celebrated for acting old men . It is well known that , up to the Restoration , and some- times afterwards , boys performed the parts of women . Kynaston , when a boy , used to be taken out by the ladies an airing , in his female dress ...
Page 59
... celebrated antiquaries ; Sir Anthony Denny , the only man who had the courage and honesty to tell Henry the Eighth that he was dying ; Halley , the astronomer ; Bishop of Cumberland , the great grandfather of the dramatist ; Pepys , who ...
... celebrated antiquaries ; Sir Anthony Denny , the only man who had the courage and honesty to tell Henry the Eighth that he was dying ; Halley , the astronomer ; Bishop of Cumberland , the great grandfather of the dramatist ; Pepys , who ...
Page 72
... celebrated book - street , since nothing was sold there but rosaries . It is but rarely the word Paternoster Row strikes us as having a reference to the Latin Prayer . We think of booksellers ' shops , and of all the learning and ...
... celebrated book - street , since nothing was sold there but rosaries . It is but rarely the word Paternoster Row strikes us as having a reference to the Latin Prayer . We think of booksellers ' shops , and of all the learning and ...
Page 89
... celebrated Roger Ascham was employed to compose . As it does not appear , however , that the persons who took up their abode here were allowed to come out again until they had discharged their debts , the distinction attempted to be ...
... celebrated Roger Ascham was employed to compose . As it does not appear , however , that the persons who took up their abode here were allowed to come out again until they had discharged their debts , the distinction attempted to be ...
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