Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth centuryAshton, John
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Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century
Ashton, John
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Fitzroy, Lady Ann, 107, 108
Food, 135
Food riots, 28, 261
Footmen, dissatisfaction of, 331
Forestalling, 150, 152
Fox, Charles James, 5, 25, 27, 34, 169
France, war with, 18
Franking letters, 121, 122, 123
Frederick the Great, 204
French emigrants, 13, 14, 15, 22, 276, 277, 278, 279, 338
French, Invasion of Ireland and defeat, 45, 46
French prisoners, numbers in England, 50, 337
French Revolution, 8, 13, 17, 21, 22
Frith, John, threw a stone at the King, 10
Frost, great, 4, 37, 328
Funds, the, 234, 235
Fuseli, H., 227
G
Gallini, Sir John, 208, 209
Gaming, 166
Gardner, Admiral, 26
Garratt, account of, 290;
election for, 289, 290, 291, 292
Gell, Admiral, 87
George III., his illness in 1788, 3;
his recovery, 6;
thanksgiving, goes to St. Paul's, 7;
stone thrown at his coach, 10;
message to Parliament declaring war with France, 18;
inspects the guards, 20;
shot at and hissed, 29;
stone thrown into his carriage, 33;
asked to dismiss his Ministry, 41;
gives £20,000 as patriotic subscription, 44;
reviews volunteers in Hyde Park, 48;
inspects volunteers, 49;
receives a letter from Napoleon, 50;
eats brown bread, 147;
at the theatre, 193;
lets his cream coloured horses for hire, 295, 296
Gibbon, death of, 230
Giornovici, musical composer, 196
Gloucester, Duchess of, 106
Gloucester, Duke of, 2-29, 220, 256
Gloves, stamps on, 300
Gluttonous wager, 335
Gooseberries, curious, 344
Gordon, Lady Georgiana, 76
Gordon, Lord George, 1
Government appointments, sale of, 117, 118, 119
Grenville, Lord, 42, 50
Grey, Charles Earl, 27, 34
Grey, Mr., M.P., epigram on, 285
Grosvenor, Lord, 185
Guadagni, vocalist, 221
Guildford, Earl of, 24
Guildhall dinner, ticket for, 335
Guimard, Mdlle., ballet dancer, 211
Gypsies at Norwood, 332
H
Hair, false, 73, 74
Hair-powder, 60, 61, 73, 128, 129, 130
Halfpence, bad, 239, 240
Hamilton, Duke of, 152
Hampden, Lord, 172
Handbill, curious, 300
Hanway, Jonas, 56
Hardy, Thomas, 23
Harrington, Lady, 33
Harrison, the vocalist, 196
Harvest, bad, 27, 28
Hastings, Warren, his trial, 2
Hats, stamp on, 270
Hats, subscription for, 131
Hectors, 54
Highway robberies, 262
Hill, Sir Rowland, 21
Hobart, Mrs., 169, 171, 194
Hogs, number of, 147
Holland, French occupation of, 26;
English defeat, 27
Holman, the actor, 189
Hood, Sir Alexander, 26
Horses, the royal cream coloured, 295, 296, 337
Horse racing, 184, 185
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