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Page 131
... Beckford , Sawbridge , and the rest of the City - folk , a new deputation to gall the King . One of the most famous incidents of the time was the interview of this depu- tation with the King on the 23d of May , an interview which was ...
... Beckford , Sawbridge , and the rest of the City - folk , a new deputation to gall the King . One of the most famous incidents of the time was the interview of this depu- tation with the King on the 23d of May , an interview which was ...
Page 132
... Beckford in a way to show his natural obstinacy , he read the following answer : — " I should have been wanting to the public , as well as to myself , if I had not expressed my dissatisfaction at the late address . My sentiments on that ...
... Beckford in a way to show his natural obstinacy , he read the following answer : — " I should have been wanting to the public , as well as to myself , if I had not expressed my dissatisfaction at the late address . My sentiments on that ...
Page 133
... Beckford , however , gained great credit by his conduct ; the speech that he had made to the King ( or the above improved edition of it ) was in everybody's lips ; and , for the time , he rose to as high a popularity as Wilkes . While ...
... Beckford , however , gained great credit by his conduct ; the speech that he had made to the King ( or the above improved edition of it ) was in everybody's lips ; and , for the time , he rose to as high a popularity as Wilkes . While ...
Page 138
... . - The famous interview of the City deputation with the King , at which Beckford made the speech quoted above . Saturday , May 26. - Drury - lane season closed . Monday , May 28. - Covent - garden Theatre closed 138 CHATTERTON .
... . - The famous interview of the City deputation with the King , at which Beckford made the speech quoted above . Saturday , May 26. - Drury - lane season closed . Monday , May 28. - Covent - garden Theatre closed 138 CHATTERTON .
Page 139
... Beckford . All April and May . - Advertisements of goods , sales , quack medicines , and new books , in the newspapers ; also paragraphs innumerable on the case of Matthew and Patrick Kennedy , two brothers , tried and con- demned to ...
... Beckford . All April and May . - Advertisements of goods , sales , quack medicines , and new books , in the newspapers ; also paragraphs innumerable on the case of Matthew and Patrick Kennedy , two brothers , tried and con- demned to ...
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