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Old and New London
… which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, more wise." "Many," says …
Old and New London
… to the device which Goldsmith imputed to him in the witty words of one of Cibber's comedies, 'There is no arguing …
The Environs of London
… to father it upon one Mrs. Astell, a female friend and witty companion of your wife's 200." Bishop Atterbury, in a …
Old and New London
… the same room, and nearly at the same age, the classic and witty and brilliant George Canning. He died on the 8th of …
Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693/4
… Powell, Thomas 8.00 40.00 1.80 150.00 Comment: Collector. Witty, Elizabeth 3.20 16.00 0.00 0.00 Cole, Lawrence 5.50 …
Old and New London
… the search. "Well said, David," was the quick and witty answer of Foote; "let you alone for making a guinea go …
Old and New London
… thick worsted stockings and "Busby" wig; Caleb Whiteford, witty and well dressed, after the fashion of the Garrick …
Old and New London
… he substituted his own head, with the following witty motto: "There's many a head stands for a sign; Then, … the friend of Butler, too, lived close by. The witty Earl of Dorset resided in a house on the west side, in … September 1, 1729, at the age of fifty-eight. It is as a witty and polished writer that Steele is best known, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… coppices, and part of Whiteoak (formerly Whitewyke or Witty) green between Barleyhill coppice and Singe wood, …
Grey's Debates of the House of Commons
… a trade; it cost us at once 600,000 l. It was said by a witty Gentleman, ( Waller) the last Parliament, "That Popery …