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قراءة كتاب The Town Its Memorable Characters and Events
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the Stuarts and two first Georges—Anecdotes of Lord Craven and Prince George of Denmark—Characters of Queen Anne and of George the First and Second—George the First and his Carp—Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Sack of Wheat—Horace Walpole's Portrait of George the First—The Mistresses of that King and of his Son—Mistake of Lord Chesterfield—Queen Caroline's Ladies in Waiting—Miss Bellenden and the Guineas—George the Second's Rupture with his Father and with his Son—Character of that Son—Buckingham House—Sheffield and his Duchess—Character of Queen Charlotte—Advantages of Queen Victoria over her Predecessors
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ENGRAVED BY C. THURSTON THOMPSON, FROM DRAWINGS BY J. W. ARCHER AND C. T. THOMPSON.
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| London from Southwark, before the Great Fire. From a Print by Hollar | (Frontispiece) |
| West Front of Old St. Paul's, with Inigo Jones's Portico | 26 |
| "Paul's Cross and Preaching there" | 51 |
| Ludgate | 69 |
| Baynard's Castle, from the River, 1640 | 78 |
| Stone in Panyer Alley, marking the highest Ground in the City | 83 |
| Interior of the Round Part of the Temple Church, previous to the recent Restorations | 101 |
| House in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, the last Residence of Dr. Johnson, 1810 | 125 |
| Old Somerset House, from the River | 167 |
| The Savoy Palace, from the River | 172 |
| Inigo Jones's Water Gate, York Stairs | 183 |
| Old Northumberland House, from the River. Temp. Charles I. | 186 |
| Exeter Change as it appeared just before it was pulled down | 192 |
| Newcastle House, N. W. corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1796 | 222 |
| Old Palace of Whitehall, from the River. Temp. Charles I., from a Print of the Period | 225 |
| Old Houses in Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1817 | 226 |
| The Theatre in Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1810 | 236 |
| Printing Press at which Franklin worked | 256 |
| Craven House, Drury Lane, 1800 | 258 |
| Entrance Front of Old Drury Lane Theatre in Brydges Street, erected by Garrick | 266 |
| Entrance to old Covent Garden Theatre, 1794 | 305 |
| Inigo Jones's Church and Covent Garden. Temp. James II. From a Print of the Period | 325 |
| House in St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square, formerly the Residence of Sir Isaac Newton, 1810 | 354 |
| The Village of Charing. From Aggas's Map, 1578 | 356 |
| Scotland Yard, as it appeared in 1750. From a Print after Paul Sandby | 374 |
| Old Gate of Whitehall Palace, designed by Holbein. From a Print by Hollar | 401 |
| The Banqueting House, Whitehall | 419 |
| St. James's | |