The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1925 |
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Page vi
... Garrick and the historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her Majesty Queen Anne ...
... Garrick and the historical twopence - halfpenny , he had apparently never visited it since , as a child of two and a half , he had been brought from Lichfield to town by his mother to be touched for the evil by her Majesty Queen Anne ...
Page xv
... Garrick performed Lusignan for the last time in his newly - decorated Drury Lane , and its prologue contained the first public reference to his approaching retirement from the stage . In any case the Doctor must have been a frequent ...
... Garrick performed Lusignan for the last time in his newly - decorated Drury Lane , and its prologue contained the first public reference to his approaching retirement from the stage . In any case the Doctor must have been a frequent ...
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... Garrick's villa at Hampton , and his town house at 5 , Adelphi Terrace , were also well known to him , and his visits to the latter continued during Mrs. Garrick's widowhood , for Boswell gives a glowing account of a select party there ...
... Garrick's villa at Hampton , and his town house at 5 , Adelphi Terrace , were also well known to him , and his visits to the latter continued during Mrs. Garrick's widowhood , for Boswell gives a glowing account of a select party there ...
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... Garrick . " Ay , Sir , " said Johnson , tenderly , " and two such friends as cannot be supplied . " Lastly - to make an end of hospitable houses - there were the Thrales , in the Borough , in Argyle Street , and at Streatham Place ...
... Garrick . " Ay , Sir , " said Johnson , tenderly , " and two such friends as cannot be supplied . " Lastly - to make an end of hospitable houses - there were the Thrales , in the Borough , in Argyle Street , and at Streatham Place ...
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... Garrick Street was formed in 1864 , constituted the chief carriageway to Covent Garden , and had even been fashionable under Charles II . Probably the Pine Apple itself dated from the days of the same monarch , when , as Walpole tells ...
... Garrick Street was formed in 1864 , constituted the chief carriageway to Covent Garden , and had even been fashionable under Charles II . Probably the Pine Apple itself dated from the days of the same monarch , when , as Walpole tells ...
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