The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... took place , and that old mansion having been the dwelling of wit or beauty , we find ourselves comparatively at home , and enjoy the probability and the spectacle twice as much . We feel ( especially if we are personally conversant ...
... took place , and that old mansion having been the dwelling of wit or beauty , we find ourselves comparatively at home , and enjoy the probability and the spectacle twice as much . We feel ( especially if we are personally conversant ...
Page 96
... took place by candle- light . The gallants and ladies of the courts of Elizabeth and James took their dinner at noon , and after riding or lute - playing till evening , went to their snug little theatre in the neighbourhood , to laugh ...
... took place by candle- light . The gallants and ladies of the courts of Elizabeth and James took their dinner at noon , and after riding or lute - playing till evening , went to their snug little theatre in the neighbourhood , to laugh ...
Page 162
... took supper . I fancy he must have read and wrote chiefly in the night ; for I can scarcely recollect that he ever refused going with me to a tavern , and he often went to Ranelagh , which he deemed a place of innocent recreation " He ...
... took supper . I fancy he must have read and wrote chiefly in the night ; for I can scarcely recollect that he ever refused going with me to a tavern , and he often went to Ranelagh , which he deemed a place of innocent recreation " He ...
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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