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 49
... probably he died of apoplexy , the tobacco giving him the coup de grace . * Dr. Donne , the head of the metaphysical poets , so well criticised by Johnson , was Dean of St. Paul's , and had a grave here , of which he has left an ...
... probably he died of apoplexy , the tobacco giving him the coup de grace . * Dr. Donne , the head of the metaphysical poets , so well criticised by Johnson , was Dean of St. Paul's , and had a grave here , of which he has left an ...
Page 118
... probably , as Mr. Richardson seems to have been , in accu- sing his wife of perverseness in not liking the new habi- tation as well as the old . " * This was the second Mrs. Richardson . He calls her in other places his " worthy ...
... probably , as Mr. Richardson seems to have been , in accu- sing his wife of perverseness in not liking the new habi- tation as well as the old . " * This was the second Mrs. Richardson . He calls her in other places his " worthy ...
Page 129
... probably helped to bring worse company . They them- selves , indeed , were in no good repute . One of them , a man of the name of Turner , living in Whitefriars , gave rise to a singular instance of revenge recorded in the State Trials ...
... probably helped to bring worse company . They them- selves , indeed , were in no good repute . One of them , a man of the name of Turner , living in Whitefriars , gave rise to a singular instance of revenge recorded in the State Trials ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 29 |
The Church of St Faith Booksellers of the Churchyard | 68 |
Burning of the Pope St Brides Steeple Milton Illuminated | 110 |
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