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... the Strand - Butcher Row - Death of Lee , the dramatic Poet - Johnson at an Eating - House - Essex Street - House and History of the favourite Earl of Essex - Spenser's Visit there- CONTENTS . vii Essex , General of the Parliament -
... the Strand - Butcher Row - Death of Lee , the dramatic Poet - Johnson at an Eating - House - Essex Street - House and History of the favourite Earl of Essex - Spenser's Visit there- CONTENTS . vii Essex , General of the Parliament -
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... Earl of Northampton - Violence of Lord Herbert of Cherbury - Percy , Bishop of Dromore - Pleasant mistake of Goldsmith CHAPTER V. 131 LINCOLN'S INN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD . Lincoln's Inn - Ben Jonson's Bricklaying - Enactments against ...
... Earl of Northampton - Violence of Lord Herbert of Cherbury - Percy , Bishop of Dromore - Pleasant mistake of Goldsmith CHAPTER V. 131 LINCOLN'S INN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD . Lincoln's Inn - Ben Jonson's Bricklaying - Enactments against ...
Page viii
... Earl of Oxford- Appearance of an avowed Impostor on the Stage - Anecdotes of the Wits and fine Ladies of the Time of Charles , connected with the Theatre in this Quarter - Kynaston , Betterton , Nokes , Mrs. Barry , Mrs. Mountford , and ...
... Earl of Oxford- Appearance of an avowed Impostor on the Stage - Anecdotes of the Wits and fine Ladies of the Time of Charles , connected with the Theatre in this Quarter - Kynaston , Betterton , Nokes , Mrs. Barry , Mrs. Mountford , and ...
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... Earl of Somerset - Butler , Southern , Eastcourt , Sir Robert Strange - Macklin - Curious Dialogue with him when past a century- Dr. Walcot - Covent Garden Market - Story of Lord Sandwich , Hackman , and Miss Ray - Henrietta Street ...
... Earl of Somerset - Butler , Southern , Eastcourt , Sir Robert Strange - Macklin - Curious Dialogue with him when past a century- Dr. Walcot - Covent Garden Market - Story of Lord Sandwich , Hackman , and Miss Ray - Henrietta Street ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 23 |
CHAPTER II | 52 |
CHAPTER III | 84 |
CHAPTER IV | 131 |
CHAPTER V | 192 |
CHAPTER VI | 225 |
DRURY LANE AND THE TWO THEATRES IN DRURY | 257 |
COVENT GARDEN CONTINUED AND LEICESTER SQUARE | 306 |
CHAPTER IX | 355 |
CHAPTER X | 382 |
Henry the Eighth His Person and CharacterModern Qualifications | 395 |
CHAPTER XII | 431 |
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