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Old and New London
… Frays in Fleet StreetChaucer and the FriarThe Duchess of Gloucester doing Penance for WitchcraftRiots between Law … The family went on living in the sunshine. Sir Robert, the son of the Sir Francis, was also alderman of his ward; and, … Lord!" roared the giant president, "I believe this is my son Randolph!" and on his owning himself, the young poet was …
Old and New London
… Bar. In the "Discussion Forum" many Lord Chancellors of the future have tried their eloquence. It was celebrated … one of Jerrold's earliest series, "Punch's Letters to His Son." Punch's Almanac for 1841 was concocted for the greater … third volume, Jerrold commenced "Punch's Letters to His Son;" and in the fourth volume, his "Story of a Feather;" …
Old and New London
… Expelled for Bribery"Remember Csar"Trampling on a Master of the RollsSir William Grant's OdditiesSir John LeachFuneral … robe. Before him kneels a man in armour, possibly his son, Lord Kinloss, who, three years after his father's death, … the author of the "Analogy of Religion." Butler, the son of a Dissenting tradesman at Wantage, was for a long time …
Old and New London
… Court. Opposite Child's Bank, and almost within sound of the jingle of its gold, once stood Shire Lane, afterwards … best manner. With a delightful humour Steele sketches Sir Geoffrey Notch, the president, who had spent all his money on … Earl of Leicester, and afterwards attendant on his step-son, the luckless Earl of Essex. Elias Ashmole, the great …
Old and New London
… Poets. Clifford's Inn, originally a town house of the Lords Clifford, ancestors of the Earls of Cumberland, … the "Lock and Key," near Crane Court, at which place his son, a great speculator and builder, afterwards resided. … upon which we used to interpret into hieroglyphics of pain and suffering." This is in Lamb's most delightful vein. …
Old and New London
… Printing OfficeFielding and RichardsonJohnson's Estimate of RichardsonHogarth and Richardson's GuestAn Egotist … Bar. He commenced business under the auspices of Pope. His son Henry, who rose to be a Common Councilman and Master of … competitors and their large staff of reporters. His eldest son, who displayed great abilities, went mad. Mr. Woodfall's …
Old and New London
… Treasure with Davy RamsayHogarth in Harp AlleyThe "Society of Sign Painters"Hudson, the Song Writer"Jack Robinson"The … generousminded, hopeful, and unfortunate Prince Henry, son of James I. Florio's "Worlde of Wordes" (a most copious … 'that great association which claims me as an unworthy son. We could, therefore, have dispensed with the recognition …
Old and New London
… DictionaryGoldsmith in Wine Office CourtSelling "The Vicar of Wakefield"Goldsmith's TroublesWine Office CourtThe Old … dull light wavered out. Skipping up the ladder again, the son of Prometheus lifted the cover, thrust the torch he … 1758, an eventful period of his life, and one of struggle, pain, and difficulty. In this gloomy side square near Fleet …
Old and New London
… COURT, JOHNSON'S COURT, BOLT COURT). Removal of the Royal Society from Gresham CollegeOpposition to … before the Great Fire, of Dr. Nicholas Barebone (son of Praise-God Barebone), a great building speculator, who … and the point was to strike exactly at the source of pain." Hook's clerical elder brother, Dr. James Hook, the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… WEST AND EAST. These two hundreds make up the deanery of Flegg. King Stephen, by letters patents, granted (as it is … Cornwalleys, Knt. during the life of Charies, eldest son of Sir William Cornwalleys; Thomas, second son of Sir Charles, and Thomas, son of Sir Wiltiam, paying 8 …