Identifier: oldnewlondonnarr03thor (find matches)
Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ir pipes, and leaningover the railing as they watched the dim combatwithin, announced that some catastrophe had l62 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Leicester Square. occuired. Lord Castlewood had received a mortalwound, and he was carried to the house of Mr.Aimes, surgeon, in Long Acre, where he died. Besides Leicester House, there were now othergreat houses in the square. To the west of itstood a mansion belonging to Lord Ailesbury, inha-bited in the year 1698 by Lord Carmarthen, theeccentric son of the Duke of Leeds, an enthusiasticamateur sailor and shipbuilder, as well as drinker Government were just about to patch up. On the14th of March the Prince left London, havingentirely failed in his warlike mission; and the samemonth brought the Mohocks, a race of rogues,Swift writes to Stella, that play the devil aboutthe town every night and slit peoples noses—young Davenant telling us at Court how he wasset upon by them, and how they ran his chairthrough with a sword. It is not safe being in the
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AXU JIOGARTII S HorSK, 1790. and rough customer, to whom William IIL confidedthe care of the Czar Peter. In Lord Carmarthenthe latter found a congenial spirit, and his greatdelight while in England was to sail all day with himin his yacht, the Peregrine, and drink brandy spicedwith pepper with him all night in Norfolk Street,or Leicester Field. Before going to the theatre, itis recorded that the Czar, besides a pint of brandyand a bottle of sherry, floored eight bottles ofsack after dinner. To the Czar, in January,1712, succeeded, as a great foreign visitor. PrinceEugene, a little, ugly, yellow wizened man, withone shoulder higher than the other. He was thehero of the populace, for the English people wereeager to carry on the war, and the Prince vvasagainst the impending peace which the new Tory streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salis-burys (Burnets) son is said to be of the gang.They are all Whigs. Thus writes the great Torychampion of the Whig bishops son. He, too, hadhis abo

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