Royal St. James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and CourtesansHale, 1988 - 257 pages |
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Page 58
... created a baronet . After his father's death he was created Earl Eardley . Josiah Wedgwood the Younger , in 1796 , after the death of his father , moved the firm's showrooms into No. 8 , where they remained until 1830 . The story of ...
... created a baronet . After his father's death he was created Earl Eardley . Josiah Wedgwood the Younger , in 1796 , after the death of his father , moved the firm's showrooms into No. 8 , where they remained until 1830 . The story of ...
Page 71
... created Countess of Dorchester , which , says Evelyn , ' the Queen took very grievously . she hardly ate one morsel nor spoke one word to the King nor any about her . . . ' . Sedley's own caustic rejoinder was , ' King James hath made ...
... created Countess of Dorchester , which , says Evelyn , ' the Queen took very grievously . she hardly ate one morsel nor spoke one word to the King nor any about her . . . ' . Sedley's own caustic rejoinder was , ' King James hath made ...
Page 135
... created great unrest amongst the working class and ' Fashionable St James's ' had reason to fear that the unrest , already creating riots might lead to an uprising The picture shows St James's Coffee - House at No. 87 and Gaunt's at No ...
... created great unrest amongst the working class and ' Fashionable St James's ' had reason to fear that the unrest , already creating riots might lead to an uprising The picture shows St James's Coffee - House at No. 87 and Gaunt's at No ...
Contents
A House of Civility | 168 |
the enclave de luxe for the Nobility | 174 |
Goode lodgings may be found here | 189 |
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