Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c

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Anonymous

Title

Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c. With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes.

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E-text prepared by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

London (England) -- Biography

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eBook-No.

45314

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45314

Release Date

April 4, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PORTRAITS OF CURIOUS CHARACTERS IN LONDON, &c. &c.
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.NATHANIEL BENTLEY, Esq. Known by the Name of Dirty Dick , Late a Hardware Merchant, in Leadenhall-street.
4. 4.ANN SIGGS, Contrast to the Character last mentioned.
5. 5.MEMOIRS OF THE CELEBRATED MARTIN VAN BUTCHELL, Surgeon, Dentist, &c. OF MOUNT-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE.
6. 6.PARTICULARS RELATING TO JOHN STATHAM, A REMARKABLE BLIND YOUNG MAN, Well known about the streets of London .
7. 7.ANNE LONGMAN, SINGER AND MUSICIAN.
8. 8.JOHN AND ROBERT GREEN, THE WANDERING MINSTRELS.
9. 9.TOM AND HIS PIGEONS, A noted Character , ABOUT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, &C.
10. 10.ROGER SMITH.
11. 11.GEORGE ROMONDO, Well known for his imitative abilities AND GROTESQUE APPEARANCE.
12. 12.TOBY, A CONSPICUOUS NEGRO. A frequent visitor about the streets of London.
13. 13.MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS Sir JOHN DINELY, Baronet, One of the Knights of Windsor .
14. 14.PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE POLITE GROCERS of the STRAND. "Brother John and I."
15. 15.ANN JOHNSON, THE HOLBORN LACE-WEAVER, A conspicuous blind woman .
16. 16.SAMUEL HORSEY, A REMARKABLE MAN WITHOUT LEGS, Called the King of the Beggars .
17. 17.Miss THEODORA DE VERDION, commonly known by the name of CHEVALIER JOHN THEODORA DE VERDION, Who lived in London disguised as a man, a teacher of languages and a walking bookseller.
18. 18.DANIEL LAMBERT, Aged Thirty-six Years .
19. 19.THE DEATH OF MR. LAMBERT! FROM THE STAMFORD PAPER, Friday, June 23, 1809.
20. 20.MARY JONES, COMMONLY CALLED MAD MOLLY , Well known about Cheapside, Newgate-Street, Holborn-Bridge, &c. &c .
21. 21.A WELL-KNOWN CARVER, IN FLEET-MARKET, ANNO 1806. "HOT or COLD."
22. 22.THE LIFE OF JOHN ELWES, ESQ. Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire.
23. 23.THE FLYING PYE-MAN.
24. 24.THOMAS LAUGHER, Aged 109 Years .
25. 25.THE LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.

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