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Old and New London
… Guildhall. "Mr. Pattypan" was Birch's nickname. Theodore Hook, or some clever versifier of the day, wrote an amusing …
Old and New London
… of such quiet citizens as wore not swords." As Theodore Hook wrote in "Sayings and Doings," no doubt with a …
Old and New London
… but unscrupulous tuft-hunter and smart parvenu, Theodore Hook, who talked of Bloomsbury as if it was semi-barbarous, … ( See page 447.) "Through fog and glory," says Theodore Hook, "Scropps reached Blackfriars Bridge, took water, and in …
Old and New London
… and companion in the art of impaling a frog upon a hook, and securing the upper part of its leg by one loop to … "That quaint old cruel coxcomb in his gullet Should have a hook and a small trout to pull it." Rennie, in one of his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… boundaries as follows: From a certain place called Horse Hook (or Horse Plecks) near Barton Pool (Downholland Brook) …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a glass case near the pulpit is a black-letter Bible with hook and chain. Near the north door is a mural monument to …