Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... earls of Faucon- berg , and the Howards , Earls of Carlisle . The last of the Fauconberg family who resided in Soho Square , was Mary Cromwell , third daughter of the great Protector , and wife of Thomas , first Earl of Fauconberg . At ...
... earls of Faucon- berg , and the Howards , Earls of Carlisle . The last of the Fauconberg family who resided in Soho Square , was Mary Cromwell , third daughter of the great Protector , and wife of Thomas , first Earl of Fauconberg . At ...
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... Earl of Macclesfield , so distin- guished for his loyalty to Charles the First , and for his gallantry during the ... Earl of Macclesfield , and that the circumstance of the second Earl bequeathing to 19 Lord Mohun the greater portion of ...
... Earl of Macclesfield , so distin- guished for his loyalty to Charles the First , and for his gallantry during the ... Earl of Macclesfield , and that the circumstance of the second Earl bequeathing to 19 Lord Mohun the greater portion of ...
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... Earl of Bedford . According to Horace Walpole , who speaks on the authority of Speaker Onslow , the Earl sent for the great architect , and , telling him that he required a chapel for the parishioners who resided on his property , added ...
... Earl of Bedford . According to Horace Walpole , who speaks on the authority of Speaker Onslow , the Earl sent for the great architect , and , telling him that he required a chapel for the parishioners who resided on his property , added ...
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... Earl of Somerset ; the union of whose daughter with William , first Duke of Bedford , doubtless led to his being interred on this , the property of the Rus- sells . We stand , too , on the ground which covers the dust of Sir Peter Lely ...
... Earl of Somerset ; the union of whose daughter with William , first Duke of Bedford , doubtless led to his being interred on this , the property of the Rus- sells . We stand , too , on the ground which covers the dust of Sir Peter Lely ...
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... Earl of Oxford ; here the celebrated sculptor , Grinlin Gib- bons , died on the 3rd of August 1721 ; and here also was the shop of the famous publisher , Jacob Tonson . Another remarkable person who was an inha- bitant of this street ...
... Earl of Oxford ; here the celebrated sculptor , Grinlin Gib- bons , died on the 3rd of August 1721 ; and here also was the shop of the famous publisher , Jacob Tonson . Another remarkable person who was an inha- bitant of this street ...
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Էջ 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Էջ 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Էջ 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Էջ 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Էջ 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Էջ 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Էջ 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Էջ 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Էջ 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.