The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... called Troyno- vant or New Troy , and was said to have been founded by Brutus , great - grandson of Æneas , from whom the country was called Brutain , or Britain . For noble Britons sprong from Trojans bold , And Troynovant was built of ...
... called Troyno- vant or New Troy , and was said to have been founded by Brutus , great - grandson of Æneas , from whom the country was called Brutain , or Britain . For noble Britons sprong from Trojans bold , And Troynovant was built of ...
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... called Panyer's Alley , remarkable for a stone built into the wall of one of the houses on the east side , sup ... called the Goose and Gridiron . The Goose and Gridiron is said by tradition to have been what was 76 STATIONERS ...
... called Panyer's Alley , remarkable for a stone built into the wall of one of the houses on the east side , sup ... called the Goose and Gridiron . The Goose and Gridiron is said by tradition to have been what was 76 STATIONERS ...
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... called in the last century a " music house ; " that is to say , a place of entertainment with music . When it ceased to be musical , a landlord , in ridicule of its former preten- sions , chose for his sign " a goose stroking the bars ...
... called in the last century a " music house ; " that is to say , a place of entertainment with music . When it ceased to be musical , a landlord , in ridicule of its former preten- sions , chose for his sign " a goose stroking the bars ...
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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