The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 by Various
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Here lay ye John; lay Lilburne thereabout, For if they both should meet, they would fall out. This alluded to a saying, that John Lilburne was so quarrelsome, that if he were the only man in the world, John would quarrel with Lilburne, and Lilburne with John. Lilburne, it will be remembered, was a sad thorn in Cromwell's sore side, for which the protector amply repaid him. * * * * * HOSPITAL OF SURGERY. A new surgical hospital is to be forthwith erected in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, where the King, with his usual and characteristic munificence, has given a spot of ground on which it is to be erected. A benevolent individual has given, within these few days, 1,500 l. towards a fund for the building. * * * * * _Printed and Published by J. Limbird, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) and sold by all Newssmen and Booksellers._ |
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