Historical and literary memorials of the city of LondonJ.C. Nimmo, 1901 |
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... Walpole ; and from the house No. 80 Piccadilly , now occupied by the Duke of St. Albans , Sir Francis Burdett was taken to the Tower in 1810 . " The lady she sat and she played on the lute , And she sung , ' Will you come to the bower ...
... Walpole ; and from the house No. 80 Piccadilly , now occupied by the Duke of St. Albans , Sir Francis Burdett was taken to the Tower in 1810 . " The lady she sat and she played on the lute , And she sung , ' Will you come to the bower ...
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... Walpole says of Burlington House : " I had not only never seen it , but never heard of it , at least with any attention , when , soon after my return from Italy , I was invited to a ball at Bur- lington House . As I passed under the ...
... Walpole says of Burlington House : " I had not only never seen it , but never heard of it , at least with any attention , when , soon after my return from Italy , I was invited to a ball at Bur- lington House . As I passed under the ...
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... Walpole ; those days when the lonely situation of Hyde Park rendered it still the frequent scene of highway robbery and murder . Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann on the 17th of November , 1749 : " Gib- berne says you will be ...
... Walpole ; those days when the lonely situation of Hyde Park rendered it still the frequent scene of highway robbery and murder . Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann on the 17th of November , 1749 : " Gib- berne says you will be ...
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... Walpole , it seems , was passing through Hyde Park , when he was stopped by one M'Lean , a highwayman of formidable reputation , whose pistol , accidentally going off , not only stunned him , but grazed the skin from his cheek - bone ...
... Walpole , it seems , was passing through Hyde Park , when he was stopped by one M'Lean , a highwayman of formidable reputation , whose pistol , accidentally going off , not only stunned him , but grazed the skin from his cheek - bone ...
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... Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann on the 27th of Febru- ary , 1752 : " The event that has made most noise since my last , is the extempore wedding of the youngest of the two Gunnings , who have made so vehement a noise . Lord Coventry ...
... Walpole writes to Sir Horace Mann on the 27th of Febru- ary , 1752 : " The event that has made most noise since my last , is the extempore wedding of the youngest of the two Gunnings , who have made so vehement a noise . Lord Coventry ...
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Page 319 - Why doth the crown lie there, upon his pillow, Being so troublesome a bedfellow ? O polish'd perturbation ! golden care ! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide To many a watchful night, sleep with it now ! Yet not so sound, and half so deeply sweet, As he, whose brow with homely biggin bound, Snores out the watch of night.
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Page 460 - Blest be the great ! for those they take away, And those they left me; for they left me Gay : Left me to see neglected genius bloom, 'Neglected die, and tell it on his tomb : Of all thy blameless life the sole return My verse, and Queensberry weeping o'er thy urn...