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Page 182
... once stood the " Triumphant Chariot , " the petty 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 ...
... once stood the " Triumphant Chariot , " the petty 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 ...
Page 264
... once the site of Crockford's , where Theodore Hook was to be met . No. 28 is Boodle's , to which Gibbon be- longed . No. 60 is Brook's , to which Gibbon , Tom Moore , and Horace Walpole belonged . At No. 88 , in a house now demolished ...
... once the site of Crockford's , where Theodore Hook was to be met . No. 28 is Boodle's , to which Gibbon be- longed . No. 60 is Brook's , to which Gibbon , Tom Moore , and Horace Walpole belonged . At No. 88 , in a house now demolished ...
Page 290
... once flourished the Fountaine Tavern , at which John- son read Irene to Garrick in 1763 , and of which Steele , Swift , and many others were fre- quenters . In Devereux Court , on the site now occupied by Eldon Chambers , once stood the ...
... once flourished the Fountaine Tavern , at which John- son read Irene to Garrick in 1763 , and of which Steele , Swift , and many others were fre- quenters . In Devereux Court , on the site now occupied by Eldon Chambers , once stood the ...
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