Literary Landmarks of LondonHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 361 էջ |
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... probably resided in the house now [ 1816 ] occupied vol . v . by Mr. Maxwell as a boarding - school , a spacious mansion , built in that style of architecture which prevailed at the commence- ment of the reign of James I. Bacon died at ...
... probably resided in the house now [ 1816 ] occupied vol . v . by Mr. Maxwell as a boarding - school , a spacious mansion , built in that style of architecture which prevailed at the commence- ment of the reign of James I. Bacon died at ...
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... probably un- changed . He was christened in St. Marylebone Church , on the Marylebone Road near the High Street , when he was about six weeks old ; but Mrs. Byron took her son to Scot- land in his infancy , and he did not again see ...
... probably un- changed . He was christened in St. Marylebone Church , on the Marylebone Road near the High Street , when he was about six weeks old ; but Mrs. Byron took her son to Scot- land in his infancy , and he did not again see ...
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... probably the best we have ever lived in , -a right old strong , roomy brick house built nearly one hundred and fifty years ago [ written in 1834 ] , and likely to see three races of these modern fashionables fall before it comes down ...
... probably the best we have ever lived in , -a right old strong , roomy brick house built nearly one hundred and fifty years ago [ written in 1834 ] , and likely to see three races of these modern fashionables fall before it comes down ...
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... probably at the corner of this lane , in the house just mentioned . London , The Church of St. Mary Aldermary , destroyed by the Great Fire , was rebuilt by Wren , and stands in Watling Street , near Bow Lane . Kerion Lane was never ...
... probably at the corner of this lane , in the house just mentioned . London , The Church of St. Mary Aldermary , destroyed by the Great Fire , was rebuilt by Wren , and stands in Watling Street , near Bow Lane . Kerion Lane was never ...
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... probably at the junction of the parishes of St. Botolph Aldgate and St. Katherine Cree , marked on the house numbered 2 Aldgate in 1885 . Tradition also says that Chaucer wrote his ' Testament of Love ' in the Tower , that he spent some ...
... probably at the junction of the parishes of St. Botolph Aldgate and St. Katherine Cree , marked on the house numbered 2 Aldgate in 1885 . Tradition also says that Chaucer wrote his ' Testament of Love ' in the Tower , that he spent some ...
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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.