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 58
... Death on the walls , a subject rendered famous by Holbein . * Another chapel called the Charnel , a proper neighbour to this fresco , stood at the back of the two buildings just mentioned . It received its name from the quantity of ...
... Death on the walls , a subject rendered famous by Holbein . * Another chapel called the Charnel , a proper neighbour to this fresco , stood at the back of the two buildings just mentioned . It received its name from the quantity of ...
Page 185
... DEATH OF ESSEX . 185 him , like a politic sovereign , to his fate ; but is thought never to have recovered it , as a friend . The romantic story of her visiting the Countess of Nottingham , who had kept back a ring which Essex sent her ...
... DEATH OF ESSEX . 185 him , like a politic sovereign , to his fate ; but is thought never to have recovered it , as a friend . The romantic story of her visiting the Countess of Nottingham , who had kept back a ring which Essex sent her ...
Page 287
... death . Upon some occasions , as at table , or when his friends came to see him , he was decently cheerful . I was by him when the sheriffs came to show him the warrant for his execution . He read it with indifference ; and when they ...
... death . Upon some occasions , as at table , or when his friends came to see him , he was decently cheerful . I was by him when the sheriffs came to show him the warrant for his execution . He read it with indifference ; and when they ...
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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