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Old and New London
… tale. But above all it was strange to see so little a boy as that was to act Cupid, which is one of the greatest … Kynaston, in his way, was also a celebrity. As a handsome boy he had been renowned for playing heroines, and he …
Old and New London
… his three sultanas, Hortensia's French page, a handsome boy, whose vocal performances were the delight of Whitehall, … earnestly recommended the Duchess of Portsmouth and her boy to the care of James. 'And do not,' he goodnaturedly … Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c.; a French boy singing lovesongs in that glorious gallery; whilst about …
Old and New London
… of which Charles Dickens tells us, that when a very young boy, he lounged in there and asked for a glass of ale, which …
Old and New London
… a Mr. Wright, who employed Flaxman, the sculptor, then a boy, to repair them. They were in terra cotta, coloured and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by T. Monks to the parish of Austrey, Warwickshire; and a boy is apprenticed every fourth year from Lady Beaumont's …