Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volumul 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... Close to the Haymarket Theatre , on the site of the present Suffolk Street and Suffolk Place , stood Suffolk House , the residence , in the days of James the First , of Thomas , first Earl of Suffolk and his beautiful and unprincipled ...
... Close to the Haymarket Theatre , on the site of the present Suffolk Street and Suffolk Place , stood Suffolk House , the residence , in the days of James the First , of Thomas , first Earl of Suffolk and his beautiful and unprincipled ...
Pagina 16
... close by in Hartshorn Lane , was first sent , we are told , to " a private school in the church of St. Martin's - in - the - Fields ; * " and it was in this church that the unfortunate Prince Charles Edward is stated to have formally ...
... close by in Hartshorn Lane , was first sent , we are told , to " a private school in the church of St. Martin's - in - the - Fields ; * " and it was in this church that the unfortunate Prince Charles Edward is stated to have formally ...
Pagina 28
... close by , is a public - house , known as the " Blue Posts , " which was kept by the once celebrated chess - player , Sturges , the author of a treatise on the game ; and , lastly , in Tottenham Court Road , stands the taber- nacle ...
... close by , is a public - house , known as the " Blue Posts , " which was kept by the once celebrated chess - player , Sturges , the author of a treatise on the game ; and , lastly , in Tottenham Court Road , stands the taber- nacle ...
Pagina 30
... close of the seventeenth century we find the ' prentices of London resorting here to play at cricket under the porticos , and from Gray's " Trivia " we learn , that , at a somewhat later period , the manly game of foot - ball used to be ...
... close of the seventeenth century we find the ' prentices of London resorting here to play at cricket under the porticos , and from Gray's " Trivia " we learn , that , at a somewhat later period , the manly game of foot - ball used to be ...
Pagina 31
... close by lived Thomas Southern , the author of " Oroonoko , " and of the " Fatal Mar- riage . " Oldys tells us in his MS . notes to Lang- baine ; " I remember him a grave and venerable old gentleman . He lived near Covent Garden , and ...
... close by lived Thomas Southern , the author of " Oroonoko , " and of the " Fatal Mar- riage . " Oldys tells us in his MS . notes to Lang- baine ; " I remember him a grave and venerable old gentleman . He lived near Covent Garden , and ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.