Chapter IV: The Strand

Ancient State of the Strand -- Butcher Row -- Death of Lee, the
dramatic Poet -- Johnson at an Eating-House -- Essex Street --
House and History of the favourite Earl of Essex -- Spenser's
Visit there -- Essex, General of the Parliament -- Essex Head
Club -- Devereux Court -- Grecian Coffee-House -- Twining, the
accomplished Scholar -- St. Clement Danes -- Clement's Inn --
Falstaff and Shallow -- Norfolk, Arundel, Surrey, and Howard
Streets -- Norfolk House -- Essex's Ring and the Countess of
Nottingham -- William Penn -- Birch -- Dr. Brocklesby --
Congreve, and his Will -- Voltaire's Visit to him -- Mrs.
Bracegirdle -- Tragical End of Mountford the Player -- Ancient
Cross -- Maypole -- New Church of St. Mary-le-Strand -- Old
Somerset House -- Henrietta Maria and her French Household --
Waller's Mishap at Somerset Stairs -- New Somerset House --
Royal Society, Antiquarian Society, and Royal Academy -- Death
of Dr. King -- Exeter Street -- Johnson's first Lodging in
London -- Art of living in London -- Catherine Street --
Unfortunate Women -- Wimbledon House -- Lyceum and Beef-steak
Club -- Exeter Change -- Bed and Baltimore -- The Savoy --
Anecdotes of the Duchess of Albemarle -- Beaufort Buildings --
Lillie, the Perfumer -- Aaron Hill -- Fielding -- Southampton
Street -- Cecil and Salisbury Streets -- Durham House --
Raleigh -- Pennant on the Word Place or Palace -- New Exchange
-- Don Pantaleon Sa -- The White Milliner -- Adelphi -- Garrick
and his Wife -- Beauclerc -- Society of Arts, and Mr. Barry --
Bedford Street -- George, Villiers, and Buckingham Streets --
York House and Buildings -- Squabble between the Spanish and
French Ambassadors -- Hungerford Market -- Craven Street --
Franklin -- Northumberland House -- Duplicity of Henry, Earl of
Northampton -- Violence of Lord Herbert of Cherbury -- Percy,
Bishop of Dromore -- Pleasant mistake of Goldsmith 131

CHAPTER V.

LINCOLN'S INN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Lincoln's Inn -- Ben Jonson's Bricklaying -- Enactments against
Beards -- Oliver Cromwell, More, Hale, and other eminent
Students of Lincoln's Inn -- Lincoln's Inn Fields, or Square --
Houses there built by Inigo Jones -- Pepys's Admiration of the
Comforts of Mr. Povey -- Surgeons' College -- Sir Richard and
Lady Fanshawe, and Lord Sandwich -- Execution of the patriotic
Lord Russell, with an Account of the Circumstances that led to
and accompanied it, and some Remarks on his Character --
Affecting Passages from the Letters of his Widow -- Ludicrous
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