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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… reflected in the attitude of the Wiltshire officials to young and old alike. Social policy then, as now, began with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… House consists of the separation of the sexes. The old and young, good and bad, are associated together, at all events, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… their dependents, and of expectant and nursing mothers and young children, upon the public health committee. 134 The … contemplated by the Act (midwifery, care of mothers and young children, health visiting, and home nursing) were …
The Environs of London
… till the year 1670, when it was vested in Thomas Young, whose widow Margaret married Sir William Boreman, and … by Mary, widow of Theobald Townson, (daughter of Thomas Young, and his heir after the death of her brother James,) to … Parliamentary Surveys, Lamb. MSS. Lib. Arthur Young, in his "Six Weeks "Tour," says, that the potatoe …
The Environs of London
… engagement with the Elizabeth, which was convoying the young Pretender to Scotland, and obliged her to return to … the Cheque at Chatham, by whom he had two sons, who died young, and one daughter, Henrietta. Lady Brett was buried at …
Old and New London
… subject in the old ballad of "The Ranting Rambler, or a Young Gentleman's Frolic through the City at night, and when … and we recommend 'Evans's' to the notice of steady young men who admire a high class of music, see no harm in a …
Old and New London
… are now. I remember hearing an old lady say that in her young days the crowd of handsome equipages in Tavistock … Close; and when Lord Sandwich first saw her she was very young. 2 He removed her from her shop, had her education … not wish to see exceeded." She was already the mother of a young family by the earl, when she made the acquaintance of a …
Old and New London
… of Sign-boardsThe "Wrekin"Wycherley's Dying Request to his Young Wife. Having completed our desultory survey of the … us so familiar in his poems. Instead, however, of being young, elegant, and beautiful, we learn that she was the … the management successively of Messrs. Wigan, Liston, Young, and Clifton, and of Mrs. Seymour. Many well-known …
Old and New London
… KembleIncledonGeorge Frederick CookeJohn Philip Kemble"The Young Roscius"The Theatre burnt in 1808The Duke of … usually dispose themselves in front of the boxes, the young married women compose the second row, while the rear is … Charles, from Drury Lane to Covent Garden. In 1804 "The Young Roscius," William Henry Betty, at twelve years of age …
Survey of London
… in March 1767 they therefore invited Powell, a successful young actor at Drury Lane, to join them. Powell consented, … his ill-conceived scheme for a Floral Hall. While quite a young man he had, in about 1842, 'projected a scheme for …
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