The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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Page 175
... gardens which occupied part of the site of Covent Garden were bounded by fields , and St. Giles's was a distant country village . These are circumstances proper to point out , to show the vast increase of our capital in little more than ...
... gardens which occupied part of the site of Covent Garden were bounded by fields , and St. Giles's was a distant country village . These are circumstances proper to point out , to show the vast increase of our capital in little more than ...
Page 221
... GARDEN OF SOMERSET HOUSE . 221 race was run between the Catholic priest and the Pro- testant chaplain , till the latter shoved him aside , and the king pulling the dishes to him , the carvers performed their office . Still the confessor ...
... GARDEN OF SOMERSET HOUSE . 221 race was run between the Catholic priest and the Pro- testant chaplain , till the latter shoved him aside , and the king pulling the dishes to him , the carvers performed their office . Still the confessor ...
Page 255
... garden , in which Bickerstaff describes himself as walking , by favour of the benchers , who had grown old with him . * It will be re- collected that Bickerstaff lived in Shire Lane , which leads into this inn from Temple - bar . The garden ...
... garden , in which Bickerstaff describes himself as walking , by favour of the benchers , who had grown old with him . * It will be re- collected that Bickerstaff lived in Shire Lane , which leads into this inn from Temple - bar . The garden ...
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afterwards ancient Anecdotes appear Baynard's Castle Ben Jonson Bishop body booksellers boy-bishop building built Cæsar's called Carliel cathedral celebrated Chancery Lane Charles church Clifford's Inn club coach COATS OF ARMS Congreve Court curious death Diana Duchess Duchess of Albemarle Duke Earl Edward Edward III Elizabeth England Essex famous Fleet Street garden Henry Heralds Hill honour Inigo Inigo Jones Johnson King King's Kit-Kat Club Knights Knights Templars Lady letter Lincoln's Lincoln's Inn Fields lived lodged Londinium London look Lord Russell Ludgate Ludgate Hill mansion mentioned metropolis Mohun neighbourhood never occupied origin palace passage Paul's Churchyard Pennant perhaps persons poet poetry Pope present probably Queen reign Richardson river says Boswell sermon Shakspeare side Sir Christopher Somerset House spirit Square stands stood supposed Tatler tavern Templars Temple theatre thing thought told took walk word writer