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Old and New London
… Audley Street, lived and died the Rev. Sydney Smith, the witty canon of St. Paul's. A native of Woodford, in Essex, he …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… plate facing p. 141. B.L. Lansd. MS. 896, f. 79v. J. R. Witty, 'Hist. of Beverley Grammar Sch.' (TS. at H.U.L., DDMM/32/6(a)/2), 147-60, 167-73; below, Education. Witty, op. cit. 148. Below, Education. H.U.L., DX/150/10/4. …
Old and New London
… critical, theatrical, fashionable, humorous, witty, &c., each of which is supplied with a competent share …
Old and New London
… Methodists who worshipped here. He was eloquent, witty, and warm-hearted, and was for many years a power in …
Old and New London
… at leastwith a sort of reproachful feeling; indeed, as a witty writer has observed, the very absence of knowledge of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the astronomer; Fenton, the poet; Dr. Jortin; the witty Lawrence Sterne; Tyrwhitt, the founder of the Hebrew …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Oxford, to enjoy the conversation of the learned and the witty there, among whom was George Aglionby, of Christchurch. …
Old and New London
… in those gilded salons. Cyrus Redding wrote in the Times a witty "Dialogue between Carlton House and Brandenburg House," … of the Prince Regent was General Arabin, the writer of witty prologues and epilogues for lords and ladies. Late in …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… sent one Arthur Dyneley (whom he takes to be an honest and witty man) to view all the horses certified by the Sheriff of …