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... tavern . For many years Dr Johnson attended the Church of St Clement Dane , and there is a brass plate with an inscription on the pew in which he used to sit , No. 18 in the north gallery , put up to his habitants of the parish . memory ...
... tavern . For many years Dr Johnson attended the Church of St Clement Dane , and there is a brass plate with an inscription on the pew in which he used to sit , No. 18 in the north gallery , put up to his habitants of the parish . memory ...
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Elsie M. Lang. A famous eighteenth - century tavern was the " Devil Tavern , " which stood at No. 1 Fleet Street . The banking - house of Messrs Child was built upon its site in 1788. Its chief room was called the " Apollo , " and a bust ...
Elsie M. Lang. A famous eighteenth - century tavern was the " Devil Tavern , " which stood at No. 1 Fleet Street . The banking - house of Messrs Child was built upon its site in 1788. Its chief room was called the " Apollo , " and a bust ...
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... tavern , of which Dr Johnson speaks in the following anecdote : — [ Richard Savage ] " was once desired by Sir Richard [ Steele ] , with an air of the utmost importance , to come very early to his house the next morning . Mr Savage came ...
... tavern , of which Dr Johnson speaks in the following anecdote : — [ Richard Savage ] " was once desired by Sir Richard [ Steele ] , with an air of the utmost importance , to come very early to his house the next morning . Mr Savage came ...
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