Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 by Various
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sacrilegious and itching palms, if convertible into
money, so we read-- "1645. Received of Arthur Condall in part of 5li for the screen and Organ-loft 1_s_." MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A. S.M.W., Dec. 22. 1849. * * * * * NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON. _The Bagnio in Long Acre._--Mr. Cunningham mentions the Queen's Bagnio in Long Acre. Query, was this the same as the Duke of York's Bagnio? S. Haworth published, in a small 12mo. volume, without date, "A Description of the Duke of York's Bagnio, in Long Acre, and of the Mineral Bath and new Spaw thereunto belonging." _Tavistock Street, Covent Garden._--Richard Leveridge, the celebrated singer, after his retirement from the stage, kept a tavern in this street. Here he brought out "A Collection of Songs, with the Music, by Mr. Leveridge. In two volumes. London, Engrav'd and Printed for the Author in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1727." The frontispiece was designed and engraved by Hogarth. _Duke Street, Westminster._--Miss Hawkins, in her _Anecdotes_, p. 186., speaking of Lady Lucy Meyrick, says, "On quitting her husband's family, she came to reside in Duke Street, Westminster, and lived in that house |
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