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Old and New London
… poet, and the author of the famous song addressed to the gay ladies of Charles II.'s court, the first stanza of which …
Old and New London
… the jovial and genial wit and poet, Matthew Prior, whom Gay calls, "Dear Prior, beloved by every muse." Swift and … say at the present day, because formerly the gayest of the gay thronged the walks, including royalty itself, with its … it was in tattooing, or slashing people's faces with, as Gay wrote, "new invented wounds." They began the evening at …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… who married Sir Richard Holford in 1665. 33 Holford (fl. 1718), 34 a Chancery master, was succeeded by Robert, his …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by Joseph Smith (d. 1791), Mrs. E. Smith, Thomas Smith (fl. 1804, 1819), and Hester Smith, who in 1834 was the last …
A History of the County of Essex
… BART HALL manor. 35It was apparently held by Roger Draper (fl. c. 1526) whose widow Thomasin, then Thomasin Lake, had a … may have derived from the holding of Richard of Ovington (fl. c. 1300). 46It was devised by Aubrey de Vere to his …
Old and New London
… was on a visit here at the time, and the court was very gay. The first news that Lord Sanquhar heard was, that the … dilapidated tavern in the same foul neighbourhood that the gay Templar, it will be remembered, takes Nigel to be sworn …
Old and New London
… people of all conditions." It must have been indeed a gay sight to have seen the king returning to the palace of …
Old and New London
… is a graphic description of Court life at Whitehall in the gay days of our Stuart kings:"Hyde Park, in the reign of the … walks of St. James's Park, between the alleys of which the gay and tilted resorted to cafs, such as those permitted in …
Old and New London
… distinguished by painted or sculptured signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets." If the walk from …
Old and New London
… That life of pleasure and that soul of whim! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay at Council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry …