The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 52
... mentioned and the present Chapter House . The latter was built by Wren . The old one stood on the other side of the cathedral , where the modern deanery is to be found , only more eastward . The bishop's house was often used for the ...
... mentioned and the present Chapter House . The latter was built by Wren . The old one stood on the other side of the cathedral , where the modern deanery is to be found , only more eastward . The bishop's house was often used for the ...
Page 180
... mentioned , and was buried in the churchyard . Lee was buried ' at St. Clement Danes ' ; probably , there- fore , in the churchyard also . There are now in that spot some trees , by far the best things about the church . The reader may ...
... mentioned , and was buried in the churchyard . Lee was buried ' at St. Clement Danes ' ; probably , there- fore , in the churchyard also . There are now in that spot some trees , by far the best things about the church . The reader may ...
Page 353
... mentioned : - With him came mighty Davies ! On my life That Davies hath a very pretty wife . We will make one more quotation from this poem , because it describes a class of actors , who are now Π extinct , and who carried the ...
... mentioned : - With him came mighty Davies ! On my life That Davies hath a very pretty wife . We will make one more quotation from this poem , because it describes a class of actors , who are now Π extinct , and who carried the ...
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