The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsSmith, Elder & Company, 1859 - 449 pages |
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... House - Twining , the accomplished Scholar -St . Clement Danes - Clement's Inn - Falstaff and Shallow – Norfolk ... Newcastle House 192 · CHAPTER VI . Great Queen Street - Former fashionable Houses there - Lewis and Miss Pope , the ...
... House - Twining , the accomplished Scholar -St . Clement Danes - Clement's Inn - Falstaff and Shallow – Norfolk ... Newcastle House 192 · CHAPTER VI . Great Queen Street - Former fashionable Houses there - Lewis and Miss Pope , the ...
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... Newcastle House , N. W. corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields , 1796 Old Palace of Whitehall , from the River . Tem . Charles I. , from a Print of the Period Old Houses in Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , 125 167 172 183 186 192 222 ...
... Newcastle House , N. W. corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields , 1796 Old Palace of Whitehall , from the River . Tem . Charles I. , from a Print of the Period Old Houses in Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , 125 167 172 183 186 192 222 ...
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... Houses there built by Inigo Jones - Pepys's Admiration of the Comforts of Mr. Povey - Surgeons ' College - Sir ... Newcastle House . INCOLN'S INN , upon the side of Chan- cery Lane , presents a long , old front of brick , more ...
... Houses there built by Inigo Jones - Pepys's Admiration of the Comforts of Mr. Povey - Surgeons ' College - Sir ... Newcastle House . INCOLN'S INN , upon the side of Chan- cery Lane , presents a long , old front of brick , more ...
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... house in this square ( Lincoln's Inn , ) at th Great Queen Street , with a passage under its side called Newcastle House , and was occupied by the w fantastical duke of that name , Minister of George II . says it was built about the ...
... house in this square ( Lincoln's Inn , ) at th Great Queen Street , with a passage under its side called Newcastle House , and was occupied by the w fantastical duke of that name , Minister of George II . says it was built about the ...
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Its Memorable Characters and Events Leigh Hunt. LUDICROUS INCIDENT AT NEWCASTLE HOUSE . 223 throne . The Marquis followed his fortunes , and was created by him Duke of Powis . A laughable , and , we ... NEWCASTLE HOUSE . " The reader.
Its Memorable Characters and Events Leigh Hunt. LUDICROUS INCIDENT AT NEWCASTLE HOUSE . 223 throne . The Marquis followed his fortunes , and was created by him Duke of Powis . A laughable , and , we ... NEWCASTLE HOUSE . " The reader.
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The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St ..., Volume 1 Leigh Hunt Affichage d'extraits - 1848 |
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Page 364 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Page 362 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 35 - WEEP with me, all you that read This little story; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature As Heaven and Nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Page 322 - O, Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir, (said he, with a stern look,) I have known David Garrick longer than you have done ; and I know no right you have to talk to me on the subject.
Page 363 - Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both (to show his judgment) in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man, with him, was God or devil.
Page 270 - Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Page 259 - I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms. This I have seen since I saw you.
Page 231 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 111 - The Tories carry it among the new members six to one. Mr. Addison's election has passed easy and undisputed, and I believe, if he had a mind to be king, he would hardly be refused.
Page 93 - Short; rather plump than emaciated, notwithstanding his complaints: about five foot five inches: fair wig; lightish cloth coat, all black besides: one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his coat usually, that it may imperceptibly serve him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or startings, and dizziness...