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... now for the first time printed with it , will give it new interest and value in the eyes of all lovers of London and of her literary associations . JANUARY 1 , 1892 . L. H. I 1 " Faces page Shakespeare , William . Frontispiece.
... now for the first time printed with it , will give it new interest and value in the eyes of all lovers of London and of her literary associations . JANUARY 1 , 1892 . L. H. I 1 " Faces page Shakespeare , William . Frontispiece.
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... give some faint idea of the confusion of numbers : - That part of Oxford Street which lies to the west of Tottenham Court Road has been renumbered , the numbers beginning at Tottenham Court Road , and ending at the Marble Arch , — the ...
... give some faint idea of the confusion of numbers : - That part of Oxford Street which lies to the west of Tottenham Court Road has been renumbered , the numbers beginning at Tottenham Court Road , and ending at the Marble Arch , — the ...
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... give the name of Addison in either row ( houses were not numbered in London till 1764 ) , so that it is impossible to identify any particular dwelling now Notes on with the house of one of the kindest benefactors that Kensington Square ...
... give the name of Addison in either row ( houses were not numbered in London till 1764 ) , so that it is impossible to identify any particular dwelling now Notes on with the house of one of the kindest benefactors that Kensington Square ...
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... give any decided information as to the positive site of his Fulham home . Middlesex , When the great Lord Bacon fell into disgrace , and was forbidden to appear at Court , he procured a license , dated September 13 , 1621 , to retire ...
... give any decided information as to the positive site of his Fulham home . Middlesex , When the great Lord Bacon fell into disgrace , and was forbidden to appear at Court , he procured a license , dated September 13 , 1621 , to retire ...
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... gives no hint in her letters as to where she lodged in later years . The Chapter Coffee House was in existence in 1885 , as a place of refreshment , and but little changed ( see CHATTERTON ) . Mrs. Gaskell's 8 Half - way up , on the ...
... gives no hint in her letters as to where she lodged in later years . The Chapter Coffee House was in existence in 1885 , as a place of refreshment , and but little changed ( see CHATTERTON ) . Mrs. Gaskell's 8 Half - way up , on the ...
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الصفحة 108 - love as my own soul : if you survive me, as you certainly will, if a stone shall mark the place of my grave, see these words put upon it : — "Life is a jest and all things show it : I thought so once, and now I know it,
الصفحة 116 - sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money ; and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill. In 1764 Johnson found Goldsmith in a humble set of chambers at No. 2 Garden Court, Middle Temple, near the New Library and behind Fountain Court.
الصفحة 172 - performances. Shakspere with the English man-ofwar, 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. As Fuller was
الصفحة 116 - I accordingly went to him 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 a bottle of Madeira and a glass
الصفحة 157 - towards us, he announced his awful approach to me somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost, ' Look, my lord, it comes ! ' 1 found that I had a very perfect idea of Johnson's figure, from a
الصفحة 76 - Whereas, Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet entitled ' The Shortest Way with the Dissenters.' He is a middle-sized spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark brown colored hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked
الصفحة 7 - while I seem attentive to nothing but the ' Postman,' overhear the conversation of every table in the room. I appear on Sunday nights at the St. James's Coffee House, and sometimes join the committee of politics in the inner room as one who comes there to hear and improve.
الصفحة 116 - 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
الصفحة 119 - passed to-day where you and I dined; I ask your pardon.' Goldsmith answered placidly, ' It must be much from yon, sir, that I take ill ; ' and so at once the difference was over, and they were on as easy terms as ever, and Goldsmith rattled away as usual.
الصفحة 118 - died of a fever, made, I am afraid, more violent by uneasiness of mind. His debts began to be heavy, and all his resources were exhausted. Sir Joshua is of opinion that he owed no less than two thousand pounds. Was ever poet so trusted before ?