The Literary History of the Adelphi and Its NeighbourhoodBrereton, Austin
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The Literary History of the Adelphi and Its Neighbourhood
Brereton, Austin
Adelphi (London, England) -- History; Literary landmarks -- England -- London; London (England) -- History
Flaxman, John, 242.
Foote, Samuel, 41.
Forbes, William, 154.
Fox, C.J., 147, 212.
"Fox-under-the-Hill," the, 186-187.
Franklin, Benjamin, 269.
Fuller, Thomas, 5.
Fuseli, Henry, 242.
Garrick, David, wine merchant in the Adelphi, 40;
purchases No. 5 Adelphi (then Royal) Terrace, 123;
his London home, 1773, until his death in 1779, 123-141;
his last appearance on the stage, 125;
helps in the production of _Percy_, 126;
his friendship for Hannah More, 126, 128, 129;
eulogised by Edmund Burke and Fox, 127;
Hannah More writes to Garrick, 129-131;
his answer, 131;
her thanks, 132;
Garrick presents her with his "Felix Buckles," 133;
he writes to her again and encourages her in regard to her
tragedy, 134-135;
"Mr Garrick's study, Adelphi, ten at night," 136;
the "sour crout party," 138;
Garrick carries Hannah More's dinner from the Adelphi to the
Turk's Head, 138;
his illness and death, 139-141;
his burial in Westminster Abbey, 141, 145-148;
his funeral, 145-148, Appendix;
Johnson's praise of him, 148-152;
Johnson's lament--"two such friends," 158;
Shakespeare's gloves presented to him, 167-169;
he solicits the brothers Adam on behalf of Andrew Becket, the
bookseller, 171;
a doubtful anecdote, 171;
"Anthony Pasquin's" misstatement, 248.
Garrick, Mrs, 128-132, 138-144;
her famous dinner party, 153-158;
her life in Adelphi Terrace, 158-161;
her consideration for Hannah More, 161;
"a great dinner" at her house, 162;
her last letter to Hannah More, 163;
her death and burial in the Abbey, 164;
memoir of, 165-166;
bequeath's Shakespeare's gloves to Mrs Siddons, 166.
Gay, John, 71.
George III., 125, 212.
George IV., 212.
George Court, 21, 72.
Gerbier, Sir Balthazar, 222, 224.
Gibbon, Edward, 181.
_Gilbert Gurney_, 182.
Glanville _v._ Courtney, 19.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 121, 122;
his pathetic letters to Garrick, 167-169, 258-262.
Goodman, Bishop, 16.
Goodman, Godfrey, 225.
Gordon, Lord George, 212.
Graham, James ("Dr"), 172-181.
Grand Hotel, 268.
Great Exhibition of 1851, 268.
Grenville, Lord, 212.
Grey, Lady Jane, 15.
Guns in the Adelphi, 188.
Hackman, James, 270.
Hamilton, Lady (Emma Lyon), 176-178.
Hamilton, Mrs, 162.
Hanway, Jonas, 103.
Hardy, Thomas, 216.
Harley, Robert, 244.
Hastings, Lord, 15.
Hatfield, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, 7, 9.
Hawkins, Sir John, 260.
Haydon, Benjamin, 102.
Haymarket Theatre, 174.
Hazlitt, William, 183.
Heath, Archbishop of York, 8, 219.
Hebden, Sir John, 233.
Heine, Heinrich, 270.
Henderson, John, 245.
Henry III. shelters at Durham House, 5, 251.
Henry V. at Durham House, 6, 251.
Henry VIII. appropriates Durham House, 9-10;
instals Cranmer here, 11;
feasts at Durham House, 12, 251.
Herbert, J.R., 242.
Herbert, Lord, 15.
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