London Clubs: Their History & TreasuresChatto & Windus, 1911 - 316 pages |
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... West End , smoking was allowed . Many of these old taverns must have been exceedingly comfortable places , and the few which survive have an especial charm . They carry one's thoughts irresistibly to the days when Dr. Johnson blew his ...
... West End , smoking was allowed . Many of these old taverns must have been exceedingly comfortable places , and the few which survive have an especial charm . They carry one's thoughts irresistibly to the days when Dr. Johnson blew his ...
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... West End was much frequented by Scotchmen , whilst a mixture of all sorts went to the Smyrna , not very far away . There were other little coffee - houses much fre- quented in this neighbourhood - Young Man's for officers , Old Man's ...
... West End was much frequented by Scotchmen , whilst a mixture of all sorts went to the Smyrna , not very far away . There were other little coffee - houses much fre- quented in this neighbourhood - Young Man's for officers , Old Man's ...
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... West End coffee - houses were often disturbed by the eccentricities of the " bloods . " A wild band , for instance , frequented the Royal Chocolate - house in St. James's Street , where on one occasion a dis- pute at hazard produced a ...
... West End coffee - houses were often disturbed by the eccentricities of the " bloods . " A wild band , for instance , frequented the Royal Chocolate - house in St. James's Street , where on one occasion a dis- pute at hazard produced a ...
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... west end of Cecil Court , in St. Martin's Lane , there existed , towards the end of the reign of George II , Pon's Coffee - house , much frequented by foreigners of distinction , officers , and men about town . In the course of time the ...
... west end of Cecil Court , in St. Martin's Lane , there existed , towards the end of the reign of George II , Pon's Coffee - house , much frequented by foreigners of distinction , officers , and men about town . In the course of time the ...
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... end of the court in St. Martin's Lane , when they took off their hats , bowed gracefully to the astonished Frenchmen , and walked away arm in arm , laughing and kissing their hands to the com ... West End ones , a penny was usually laid 2.
... end of the court in St. Martin's Lane , when they took off their hats , bowed gracefully to the astonished Frenchmen , and walked away arm in arm , laughing and kissing their hands to the com ... West End ones , a penny was usually laid 2.
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Admiral amongst appearance Arthur's Athenæum ballot became Bedford Coffee-house Beefsteak Beefsteak Club belonged black ball blackballed Boodle's Brooks's called candidate Carlton celebrated century chair Charles club-house club-men Cocoa-tree coffee-house coffee-room comfortable committee Covent Garden Crockford curious Dilettanti Dilettanti Society dining dining-room dinner Duke Duke of Cambridge election End clubs existence formerly founded frequented friends Garrick Garrick Club gentlemen George George Selwyn guineas Heidegger high play hour institution James James's Street Jockey Club Johnson King known ladies late literary London clubs Lord matter membership never night number of members occasion once original painted Pall Mall Piccadilly portrait possesses present Prince proprietor replied resort Royal rules Selwyn Sheridan silver Sir Joshua smoking smoking-room Sublime Society subscription Tavern Thatched House Theatre tion toasts took visitors waiter Walpole West End West End clubs whilst whist White's White's Club wine Yacht
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Page 27 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet, or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 22 - Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents mnde thereof to princes and grandees, till the year 1657.
Page 76 - Cibber live with this society ? Why, he feasted most sumptuously, as I have heard his friend Victor say, with an air of triumphant exultation, with Mr. Arthur and his wife, and gave a trifle for his dinner. After he had dined, when the club-room door was opened, and the Laureate was introduced, he was saluted with loud and joyous acclamation of ' O King Coll! Come in. King Coll!' and ' Welcome, welcome, King Colley!
Page 5 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 95 - One night, at White's, observing the PostmasterGeneral, Sir Everard Fawkener, losing a large sum of money at piquet, Selwyn, pointing to the successful player, remarked—" See, how he is robbing the mail! " On another occasion, in 1756, observing Mr. Ponsonby, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, tossing about bank-bills at a hazard-table at Newmarket—" Look how easily the Speaker passes the money-bills...
Page 94 - I don't care to have his idea, and am almost single in not having been to see him. Lord Mountford, at the head of half White's, went the first day: his aunt was crying over him: as soon as they were withdrawn, she said to him, knowing they were of White's, " My dear, what did the lords say to you ? Have you ever been concerned with any of them?
Page 280 - There's first the Athenaeum club, so wise, there's not a man of it That has not sense enough for six (in fact, that is the plan of it): The very waiters answer you with eloquence Socratical, And always place the knives and forks in order mathematical.
Page 126 - Finding himself in cash, after a lucky run at Faro, he sent a complimentary card to the knight, desiring to discharge the claim. Sir John no sooner saw the money than he called for pen and ink, and began to figure. ' What now ? ' cried Fox. ' Only calculating the interest,
Page 89 - He sent for the book, and being convinced that he had lost, gave me this guinea. I told him I could take the money without any blush on my side, but believed it was the only money he ever gave in the...
Page 129 - Stavordale, not one-and-twenty, lost eleven thousand there, last Tuesday, but recovered it by one great hand at hazard : he swore a great oath—' Now, if I had been playing deep, I might have won millions.