The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 308
... lived there , must have been of more decent reputation than they became afterwards . It is curious that the old English word Drury , or Druerie , should be applicable to the fame we allude to . It has more or less deserved it for a long ...
... lived there , must have been of more decent reputation than they became afterwards . It is curious that the old English word Drury , or Druerie , should be applicable to the fame we allude to . It has more or less deserved it for a long ...
Page 406
... lived a mysterious lady , who will remind the reader of the Catholic lady in The Fortunes of Nigel . In the month of March 1720 ' , says Mr. Malcolm , ' an unknown lady died at her lodgings in James Street , Covent Garden . She is ...
... lived a mysterious lady , who will remind the reader of the Catholic lady in The Fortunes of Nigel . In the month of March 1720 ' , says Mr. Malcolm , ' an unknown lady died at her lodgings in James Street , Covent Garden . She is ...
Page 409
... lived here , proposed to extinguish fire by a new method of explosion and suffocation ' ; that is to say , a mixture of water and gunpowder . Tavistock Street ( where Lord Sandwich first saw Miss Ray ) was once the great emporium of ...
... lived here , proposed to extinguish fire by a new method of explosion and suffocation ' ; that is to say , a mixture of water and gunpowder . Tavistock Street ( where Lord Sandwich first saw Miss Ray ) was once the great emporium of ...
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