The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 104
... Court , names originating in a palace of the Bishop of Salisbury , which he parted with to the Sackvilles . Clarendon lived in it a short time after the Restoration . At the bottom of Salisbury Court , facing the river , was the ...
... Court , names originating in a palace of the Bishop of Salisbury , which he parted with to the Sackvilles . Clarendon lived in it a short time after the Restoration . At the bottom of Salisbury Court , facing the river , was the ...
Page 146
... Court , No. 8 , where he died eight years after , on the 13th December , 1784. In Bolt Court he had a garden , and perhaps in Johnson's Court and Gough Square : which we mention to show how tranquil and removed these places were , and ...
... Court , No. 8 , where he died eight years after , on the 13th December , 1784. In Bolt Court he had a garden , and perhaps in Johnson's Court and Gough Square : which we mention to show how tranquil and removed these places were , and ...
Page 497
... COURT OF CROMWELL 497 their music and dancing ( the latter sometimes with great noise in the Queen's apartments ) ... court , not without an undercurrent of intrigue . It seems ridiculous to talk of the court of Oliver Cromwell , who ...
... COURT OF CROMWELL 497 their music and dancing ( the latter sometimes with great noise in the Queen's apartments ) ... court , not without an undercurrent of intrigue . It seems ridiculous to talk of the court of Oliver Cromwell , who ...
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