The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... admired Dr. Johnson , he might have delighted in calling to mind the metropolis of the wits of Queen Anne's time , and of the poets of Elizabeth ; might have longed to sit over their canary in Cornhill with Beaumont and Ben Jonson , and ...
... admired Dr. Johnson , he might have delighted in calling to mind the metropolis of the wits of Queen Anne's time , and of the poets of Elizabeth ; might have longed to sit over their canary in Cornhill with Beaumont and Ben Jonson , and ...
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... admired , particularly for its effigies of knights , some of whose cross legs indicate that they had either been to the Holy Land , or have been supposed to or vowed to go thither . One of the band is ascertained to have been Geoffrey ...
... admired , particularly for its effigies of knights , some of whose cross legs indicate that they had either been to the Holy Land , or have been supposed to or vowed to go thither . One of the band is ascertained to have been Geoffrey ...
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... admired , and must have admitted , in its time , the entrance of many extraordinary persons . York Buildings affords us another name , not unworthy to be added to the most useful and delightful of these , Richard Steele , who lived here ...
... admired , and must have admitted , in its time , the entrance of many extraordinary persons . York Buildings affords us another name , not unworthy to be added to the most useful and delightful of these , Richard Steele , who lived here ...
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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