The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 128
... Tavern , where Ben Jonson held his club . Messrs . Child , the bankers , bought it in 1787 , and the present houses were erected on its site . We believe that the truly elegant house of Messrs . Hoare , their successors , does not ...
... Tavern , where Ben Jonson held his club . Messrs . Child , the bankers , bought it in 1787 , and the present houses were erected on its site . We believe that the truly elegant house of Messrs . Hoare , their successors , does not ...
Page 129
... tavern mentioned by Pope : - And each true Briton is to Ben so civil , He swears the Muses met him at the Devil . It was in good repute at the beginning of the last century . I dined to - day ' , says Swift , in one of his letters to ...
... tavern mentioned by Pope : - And each true Briton is to Ben so civil , He swears the Muses met him at the Devil . It was in good repute at the beginning of the last century . I dined to - day ' , says Swift , in one of his letters to ...
Page 148
... tavern , as a place in which a man might be comfortable , if he could anywhere . Indeed , he said that the man who could not enjoy himself in a tavern , could be comfortable nowhere . This , however , is not to be taken to the letter ...
... tavern , as a place in which a man might be comfortable , if he could anywhere . Indeed , he said that the man who could not enjoy himself in a tavern , could be comfortable nowhere . This , however , is not to be taken to the letter ...
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