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Old and New London
… presently adjourned to the club, where they found Burke, Garrick, and Goldsmith, the latter still brooding over his …
Old and New London
… Buildings, tells us that Mr. Lacy, the joint patentee with Garrick in Drury Lane, formed a plan for improving the whole … be pardoned for here adding a short anecdote concerning Garrick, who lived and died in the centre house: we give it … Memoirs." "When Jean Jacques Rousseau was in England, Garrick paid him the compliment of playing two characters on …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 29 Sept. Bowen, J. 1722 30 Apr. Bowen, T. 1753 16 Jan. Garrick, G. Keeper of the Mews at Theobalds 16891702 1689 29 …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1702 20 Oct. Bowen, J. 1722 30 Apr. Bowen, T. 1753 16 Jan. Garrick, G. 1779 4 Mar. Bell, R. LS 13/34, f. 17; Dartmouth …
Old and New London
… day; and that he was living here when he and his friend Garrick "were compelled to borrow five pounds on their joint … Brinsley Sheridan, Lord Sandwich, Paul Whitehead, David Garrick, Sir F. Burdett, Harry Brougham, John Wilkes, the … Lord Russell, the patriot. At No. 27 in this street Garrick resided before his removal to the Adelphi. Mrs. …
Old and New London
… forgeries; Albany Wallis, the friend and executor of Garrick; Mountfort, the actor; Mr. William Shippen, the …
Old and New London
… Terrace died, in 1779, no less a man of note than David Garrick, within a few hundred yards from the scene of his … this part of the Strand. "When the Adelphi was building, Garrick applied for the western corner house of Adam Street … day. "In his letter on this subject," adds the writer, "Garrick calls the architects the dear Adelphi (brothers), and …
Old and New London
… less splendid and imposing than the sepulchral pomp of Garrick five years before. Dr. Dibdin thus describes the …
Old and New London
… This Lovel was a clever little fellow, with a face like Garrick, who could mould heads in clay, turn cribbage-boards, …
Survey of London
… Bristol. Various improvements were carried out during Garrick's rgime, beginning in 1747 with the enlargement of … to re-opening in September 1753, 19 and in 1762 one of Garrick's major theatrical reforms was accomplished by … involved by making this change was apparently directed by Garrick's partner James Lacy, who 'having a taste for …