A Walk from London to FulhamW. Tegg, 1860 - 256 Seiten |
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... curious antiquarian information " as to what the opinions of the Irish are . And again , speak- ing of the Banshee : " The subject has been so lately and beautifully investigated and illustrated by Mr. Crofton Croker and others , that I ...
... curious antiquarian information " as to what the opinions of the Irish are . And again , speak- ing of the Banshee : " The subject has been so lately and beautifully investigated and illustrated by Mr. Crofton Croker and others , that I ...
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... Curious . ' ( Only one number appeared . ) ( Power . ) 1837. A Memoir of Joseph Holt , General of the Irish Rebels in 1798. From Holt's Autobiographical MS . in the possession of Sir W. Betham . ' ( Colburn . ) 6 The Journal of a Tour ...
... Curious . ' ( Only one number appeared . ) ( Power . ) 1837. A Memoir of Joseph Holt , General of the Irish Rebels in 1798. From Holt's Autobiographical MS . in the possession of Sir W. Betham . ' ( Colburn . ) 6 The Journal of a Tour ...
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... curiosity . 66 Walpole , in his ' Catalogue of Engravers , ' tells us that James Christopher Le Blon , a Fleming by birth , and a mezzotint - engraver by profession , some time subsequent to 1732 , set up a project for copying the ...
... curiosity . 66 Walpole , in his ' Catalogue of Engravers , ' tells us that James Christopher Le Blon , a Fleming by birth , and a mezzotint - engraver by profession , some time subsequent to 1732 , set up a project for copying the ...
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... curious collection of fugitive pieces of the reigns of Charles II . , James II . , William III . , and Queen Anne , " " made by Narcissus Luttrell , Esq . , under whose name the editor quotes it . This industrious collector ...
... curious collection of fugitive pieces of the reigns of Charles II . , James II . , William III . , and Queen Anne , " " made by Narcissus Luttrell , Esq . , under whose name the editor quotes it . This industrious collector ...
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... curious collector in the last century . " At the sale of Mr. Wynne's library , Bindley purchased lot 209 , Collection of Poems , various , Latin and English , 5 vols . 1626 , & c . , ' for seven guineas ; and ' 211 , Collection of ...
... curious collector in the last century . " At the sale of Mr. Wynne's library , Bindley purchased lot 209 , Collection of Poems , various , Latin and English , 5 vols . 1626 , & c . , ' for seven guineas ; and ' 211 , Collection of ...
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Admiral afterwards ancient appears artist Bartolozzi Baylis became Bishop of London Bradshaigh Brompton Grove Brompton Row built called Charles Church Cottage Craven Cottage Crescent Crofton Croker curious death died drawing-room Earl England engraved Faulkner feet formerly Fulham Fields garden gentleman girth Golden Lion ground Grove House Hammersmith Hans Place honourable Hook Kensington King's Road Knightsbridge Lady Lane late letter literary Little Chelsea Lodge London Lord Lord Shaftesbury Luttrell Lysons Madame main Fulham Road mansion memory mentioned Michael's Place Miss Landon Munster House North End occupied Old Brompton opposite Ozias Humphrey painted parish Park Parson's Green portrait present Pryor's Bank public-house published remarkable residence Riego Robert Lowth Rosamond's Bower Royal says Schiavonetti Shaftesbury side Sir John Sir Walter sketch Sloane Street Square stood Street Theodore Hook Thomas Thomas Crofton Croker tion tree Villa Walham Green walk wall widow William
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Seite 184 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Seite 244 - THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST. TRANSLATED ALMOST LITERALLY OUT OF THE ORIGINAL IRISH. 1720. O ROURKE'S noble fare Will ne'er be forgot By those who were there, Or those who were not.
Seite 184 - It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate...
Seite 205 - Short ; rather plump than emaciated, notwithstanding his complaints ; about five foot five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his coat usually, that it may imperceptibly serve him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or...
Seite 29 - Each home-felt joy that life inherits here; Yet from the same we learn, in its decline, Those joys, those loves, those interests, to resign; Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay, To welcome death, and calmly pass away.
Seite 112 - Her lips were red, and one was thin ; Compared to that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly ; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Seite 102 - Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and Comical Adventures of the most famous Gamesters and celebrated Sharpers in the Reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., and Queen Anne...
Seite 34 - In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe music, moonlight, and roses, and "apostrophise loves, memories, hopes, and fears," with how much ultimate appetite for invention or sympathy may be judged from her declaration that, " there is one conclusion at which I have arrived, that a horse in a mill has an easier life than an author. I am fairly fagged out of my life.
Seite 33 - I see it now, that homely-looking, almost uncomfortable room, fronting the street, and barely furnished with a simple white bed, at the foot of which was a small, old, oblongshaped, sort of dressing-table, quite covered with a common worn writing-desk, heaped with papers, while some strewed the Attic, No.
Seite 102 - This curious collection was made by Narcissus Luttrell, Esq., under whose name the Editor usually quotes it The industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street. It was dispersed on Mr. Luttrell's death...