The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... lived Congreve ; and Shire Lane , though nobody would think so to see it now , is eminent for the origin of the Kit - Kat Club , ( a host of wits and states- men , ) and for the recreations of Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . , of Tatler ...
... lived Congreve ; and Shire Lane , though nobody would think so to see it now , is eminent for the origin of the Kit - Kat Club , ( a host of wits and states- men , ) and for the recreations of Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . , of Tatler ...
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... lived there , Mrs. Bracegirdle , and Garrick . It was called Southampton Street from the noble family of that title ... lived in it during the attempt made at Essex House . The four turrets of the mansion , under the roof of which ...
... lived there , Mrs. Bracegirdle , and Garrick . It was called Southampton Street from the noble family of that title ... lived in it during the attempt made at Essex House . The four turrets of the mansion , under the roof of which ...
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... lived their common friend Beauclerc . On coming away after the party just men- tioned , Boswell tells us that Johnson and he stopped a little while by the rails of the Adelphi , looking on the Thames ; " and I said to him , " says ...
... lived their common friend Beauclerc . On coming away after the party just men- tioned , Boswell tells us that Johnson and he stopped a little while by the rails of the Adelphi , looking on the Thames ; " and I said to him , " says ...
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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