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Survey of London
… of Great Warner Street, Robert Gradey and Robert Johnson. 42 From the description and illustration published …
The Environs of London
… the scene, And now the country, now the town enjoy." Johnson's Lives of the Poets, vol. iv. The land, on which is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… cherubs and blank shield; on third pier, (8) to Arthur Johnson, 1703, and Martha, his widow, 1721, carved tablet …
Old and New London
… PriorOld ParrCharles DickensGoldsmith, and Dr. Johnson's InscriptionSpenserChaucerIsaac BarrowAddison's … him are the remains of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Samuel Johnson, General Sir Archibald Campbell, John Duke of Argyll … on account of its connection with the name of Dr. Johnson. It was at first intended that this great essayist …
Old and New London
… Mrs. Piozzi, in her "Johnsoniana," quotes the words of Dr. Johnson on this subject. "A boy should never be sent to Eton …
Old and New London
… of Buckingham House in the Time of George III.Dr. Johnson's Interview with George III.Josiah Wedgwood and Mr. … seated little more than six years upon the throne, Dr. Johnson was honoured by George III. with a personal … to signify a desire that he should be told when Dr. Johnson came next to the library. Accordingly, the next time …
Old and New London
… author of the "History of Music," and of a "Life of Dr. Johnson," whose executor he was, died at his house near the …
Old and New London
… the Charter House, on the friendly intercession of Dr. Johnson. Orchard Street was so called from being erected on … and the preface, as we learn from Boswell, being from Dr. Johnson's pen. Mr. Croker thus remarks on it in his notes on … manner. "Cock-fighting and bearbaiting," as Dr. Johnson said, "may raise the spirit of a company, just as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… but is undivided. It is marked on the 1857 map as 'Sir Ed: Johnson's' and named Greenhill. The E. front has a central …
A History of the County of Hertford
… who died on 24 October, 1 Elizabeth, A.D. 1559, and Grace Johnson his wife, who died on 14 February, 15712. There is a …