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Old and New London
… when its doors are open to the public; and readers of Thackeray's ballad of Eliza Davis and the false deluding …
Old and New London
… the delightfulness which charmed their studious repose." Thackeray, in his own peculiar manner, thus deals with this … the whirlwind and directs the storm.' "Addison," continues Thackeray, "left off at a good moment. That simile was …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… N. Grooms 16601664 1660 24 Aug. Peirce, H. 1660 24 Aug. Thackeray, T. Supernumerary Grooms 16621674 1662 1 Dec. [?] 3 …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1686 1 Feb. Trussell, J. Grooms 16601686 1660 22 Aug. Thackeray, T. 1660 12 Oct. Thurston, J. 1660 4 Sept. Gale, F. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… house in West Street, now used as a lending library, where Thackeray is supposed to have written several of his novels. …
Old and New London
… their fine dress in the haunts of fashion. Hence Thackeray's remark, that "Louis Quatorze in all his glory is …
Survey of London
… published together. 4 In 1852 another Kensingtonian, W. M. Thackeray, published Henry Esmond, an historical novel partly … just off the south-east corner of Kensington Square (where Thackeray Street now runs) in the early 1740s, while Bishop …
Old and New London
… "the old Court suburb," and is familiar to all readers of Thackeray, who has portrayed its features in many of his … his stern eyebrows and kindly heart; and Albert Smith and Thackeray, Charles Dickens and William Jerdan, Mr. Monckton … seen a curious sun-dial, bearing the date 1713. Readers of Thackeray's "Esmond" will not have forgotten the picture he …
Survey of London
… Street called Campden House Chambers. The architects were Thackeray Turner and Eustace Balfour, A. E. Street commented …
Survey of London
… in 1853 No. 36 was similarly released, William Makepeace Thackeray having contracted to buy it for 2,100 over three … several houses outright at their original ground rent, Thackeray's at No. 36 Onslow Square for example, while some … there. 193 Commemorative plaques mark the residences of Thackeray at No. 36 Onslow Square, Hansom at No. 27 Sumner …