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 46
... celebrated for acting old men . It is well known , that up to the Restoration , and some- times afterwards , boys performed the parts of women . Kynaston , when a boy , used to be taken out by the ladies an airing , in his female dress ...
... celebrated for acting old men . It is well known , that up to the Restoration , and some- times afterwards , boys performed the parts of women . Kynaston , when a boy , used to be taken out by the ladies an airing , in his female dress ...
Page 107
... celebrated ( by evidence ) , besides others known to have been omitted . To these neither licence nor certificate of banns were required , and they concealed , by private marks , the names of those who chose to pay them for it . " The ...
... celebrated ( by evidence ) , besides others known to have been omitted . To these neither licence nor certificate of banns were required , and they concealed , by private marks , the names of those who chose to pay them for it . " The ...
Page 116
... celebrated for dramatic excellence ; and to these he frequently referred , in the course of his instruc- tions . " " There is one circumstance , however , in his private cha- racter , " continues our authority , " which deserves a more ...
... celebrated for dramatic excellence ; and to these he frequently referred , in the course of his instruc- tions . " " There is one circumstance , however , in his private cha- racter , " continues our authority , " which deserves a more ...
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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