 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 pages
...") used, at an annual dinner to the frequenters of the gardens, to give the agreeable toast, — " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." Eventually burlettas were produced — one written by Chatterton ; and Dr. Arne conducted Handel's... | |
 | 1887 - 818 pages
...close of the season, with a parting toast which formed a fair index to the character of the com pany: " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." The gardens subsequently became a public resort, with theatrical exhibitions, music, and fireworks.... | |
 | George Clinch - London (England) - 1890 - 404 pages
...whom his grace always gave a dinner at the conclusion of the season ; and his parting toast was, " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring, meet here again." The THE ROSE OF NORMANDY. 43 " London Gazette," of January 11th, 1691, mentions Long's bowlinggreen... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - London (England) - 1891 - 640 pages
...Buckingham (Works, vol. ii. p. 256. J1 Here, at the end of the season, as Quin told Pennant, the duke gave a dinner to the chief frequenters of the place,...us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." A few years later the gardens were enlarged, a spacious orchestra was erected, an organ by Bridge was... | |
 | 1892 - 778 pages
...frequented a certain gambling house in Marylebone, and that his parting toast to his guests was always " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again ! " The duke died in 1721, and such a throng came to see him lying in state in the hall of his mansion... | |
 | Warwick William Wroth, Arthur Edgar Wroth - Gardens - 1896 - 602 pages
...end of the season to give .1 dinner at the Rose to its chief frequenters, proposing as the toast, " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." "There will be deep play to-night (says Macheath in the Beggcir's Opera], and consequently money may... | |
 | William John Hardy - Berkshire (England) - 1912 - 462 pages
...blackleg fraternity at the conclusion of each season. His parting toast on these occasions was — " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." * Jesse's Selwyn and his Contemporaries, 1882, vol. iii, p. 57. 3 Properly Windmill Hill Street, on... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1901 - 524 pages
..."His Grace always gave them a dinner at the conclusion of the season, and his parting toast was, ' May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again.' " Mary-le-bone gardens are perhaps now principally remembered as being the scene of one of Macheath's... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 528 pages
..." His Grace always gave them a dinner at the conclusion of the season, and his parting toast was, ' May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again.' " Mary-le-bone gardens are perhaps now principally remembered as being the scene of one of Macheath's... | |
 | Henry C. Shelley - 1909 - 496 pages
...Duke of Buckingham, and the scene of his end-of-the-season dinner at which he always gave the toast: " May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring meet here again." What needs to be specially noted in connection with the history of this resort is, that it was not... | |
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His grace always gave them a dinner at the conclusion of the season, and his parting toast was, May as many of us as remain unhanged next spring, meet here again. 
