The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John Thomas Smith ... Ed. by Charles Mackay |
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... died here - Events here during Cromwell's reign - The residence of Richard Cromwell - The " Merry Court " of Charles II . here - His death - The residence of James II . - Nearly de- stroyed by fire - Converted into a chapel 82 CHAPTER ...
... died here - Events here during Cromwell's reign - The residence of Richard Cromwell - The " Merry Court " of Charles II . here - His death - The residence of James II . - Nearly de- stroyed by fire - Converted into a chapel 82 CHAPTER ...
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... died in want and sorrow ; here in this street another great man surmounted difficulties that to weaker minds would have been insurmountable ; and here in this square lived the friend of his country and of his kind , whose name is a ...
... died in want and sorrow ; here in this street another great man surmounted difficulties that to weaker minds would have been insurmountable ; and here in this square lived the friend of his country and of his kind , whose name is a ...
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... died in it . The sur- rounding ground , now so completely covered by the houses of the noble and the wealthy , was in 1750 so little esteemed , that Mr. Shepherd offered his freehold mansion , just alluded to , and gardens for the small ...
... died in it . The sur- rounding ground , now so completely covered by the houses of the noble and the wealthy , was in 1750 so little esteemed , that Mr. Shepherd offered his freehold mansion , just alluded to , and gardens for the small ...
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... crooked billets . There has not been a leaden figure manufactory in London since the year 1787 , when Mr. Chere died . Not that the public taste improved with their disappearance . One absurdity only gave THE STREETS OF LONDON . 11.
... crooked billets . There has not been a leaden figure manufactory in London since the year 1787 , when Mr. Chere died . Not that the public taste improved with their disappearance . One absurdity only gave THE STREETS OF LONDON . 11.
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... died on the 4th of December , 1732. After the performance of his " Beggar's Opera " had been prohibited by the Lord Chamberlain , he was taken into the house of the duke and duchess , who paid him , says Johnson , the most affectionate ...
... died on the 4th of December , 1732. After the performance of his " Beggar's Opera " had been prohibited by the Lord Chamberlain , he was taken into the house of the duke and duchess , who paid him , says Johnson , the most affectionate ...
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Page 195 - To Westminster; in the way meeting many milkmaids with their garlands upon their pails, dancing with a fiddler before them ; and saw pretty Nelly standing at her lodgings' door in Drury-lane in her smock sleeves and bodice, looking upon one : she seemed a mighty pretty creature.
Page 161 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated; and recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." — "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
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