The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... TEMPLE OF DIANA , famous in geology ; so that the single history of St. Paul's Churchyard carries us back to the remotest periods of tradition ; and we commence our book in the proper style of the old Chroniclers , who were not content ...
... TEMPLE OF DIANA , famous in geology ; so that the single history of St. Paul's Churchyard carries us back to the remotest periods of tradition ; and we commence our book in the proper style of the old Chroniclers , who were not content ...
Page 136
... TEMPLE : Chaucer , who is reported to have been of the Temple himself . It is in his character of the Manciple , or Steward , whom he pleasantly pits against his learned employers , as outwitting even themselves : " A gentle manciple ...
... TEMPLE : Chaucer , who is reported to have been of the Temple himself . It is in his character of the Manciple , or Steward , whom he pleasantly pits against his learned employers , as outwitting even themselves : " A gentle manciple ...
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... TEMPLE : are told by Thynne , in his Animadversions on Speght's edition of the poet's works ( published a few years ago from the manuscript by Mr. Todd , in his Illustrations of Chaucer and Gower ) , that " it is most certain to be ...
... TEMPLE : are told by Thynne , in his Animadversions on Speght's edition of the poet's works ( published a few years ago from the manuscript by Mr. Todd , in his Illustrations of Chaucer and Gower ) , that " it is most certain to be ...
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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