Literary Landmarks of LondonHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 361 էջ |
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... century and a half have been studied carefully ; and it has been possible by these means to discover and note the exact sites of many interesting build- ings , the position of which has hitherto been merely a matter of conjecture or ...
... century and a half have been studied carefully ; and it has been possible by these means to discover and note the exact sites of many interesting build- ings , the position of which has hitherto been merely a matter of conjecture or ...
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... century , and in which he died in 1881 , when it was No. 5 Great Cheyne Row , Chelsea , was in 1885 No. 24 Great Cheyne Row , with nothing to distinguish it from the new No. 5 on the opposite side of the way . The confusion caused by ...
... century , and in which he died in 1881 , when it was No. 5 Great Cheyne Row , Chelsea , was in 1885 No. 24 Great Cheyne Row , with nothing to distinguish it from the new No. 5 on the opposite side of the way . The confusion caused by ...
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... century , and although he was closely iden- tified with London , the traces he has left of his actual presence in the metropolis are few and slight . Concerning his London homes , until his marriage in 1716 and settlement in Holland ...
... century , and although he was closely iden- tified with London , the traces he has left of his actual presence in the metropolis are few and slight . Concerning his London homes , until his marriage in 1716 and settlement in Holland ...
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... century , and the monument to his memory in the Poets ' Corner was not erected until 1808 . Addison's body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , and was borne thence to the Abbey at dead of night . The choir Macaulay's Essays , sang a ...
... century , and the monument to his memory in the Poets ' Corner was not erected until 1808 . Addison's body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , and was borne thence to the Abbey at dead of night . The choir Macaulay's Essays , sang a ...
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... century , to get Addison and Steele together in com- pany for the evening . Steele entertained them till he was tipsy , when the same wine that stupefied him only served to elevate Addison , who took up the ball just as Steele dropped ...
... century , to get Addison and Steele together in com- pany for the evening . Steele entertained them till he was tipsy , when the same wine that stupefied him only served to elevate Addison , who took up the ball just as Steele dropped ...
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Էջ 156 - Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, ' He had (he said) a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood'.
Էջ 176 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Էջ 76 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled, ' The Shortest Way with the Dissenters...
Էջ 186 - Friend, — White, or some of my friends, or the public papers, by this time may have informed you of the terrible calamities that have fallen on our family. I will only give you the outlines : — My poor dear, dearest sister, in a fit of insanity, has been the death of her own mother. I was at hand only time enough to snatch the knife out of her grasp. She is at present in a madhouse, from whence I fear she must be moved to an hospital. God has preserved to me my senses, — I eat, and drink, and...
Էջ 113 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Էջ 120 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had...
Էջ 7 - Child's; and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but the Postman, overhear the conversation of every table in the room. I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's Coffee-house, and sometimes join the little committee of politics in the inner room, as one who comes there to hear and improve. My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian, the CocoaTree, and in the theatres both of Drury Lane and the Haymarket.
Էջ 7 - There is no place of general resort wherein I do not often make my appearance ; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Էջ 219 - An old black-laced hood represents the first, the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves for the second ; a dimity petticoat is deputy, and officiates for the fourth, and slippers act the part of the last.