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" ... em loose again. Afterwards, in Oliver's time, they used to act privately, three or four miles or more out of town, now here, now there; sometimes in noblemen's houses, in particular Holland House at Kensington, where the nobility and gentry who met... "
London companies - Page 171
by John Tucker Murray - 1910
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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber: Comedian, and Late Patentee of the ...

Colley Cibber - 1750 - 594 pages
...Town, now here, now there, fomedmes in Noblemen's Houfes, in particular Holland-Houfe at Kenfing ton, where the Nobility and Gentry who met (but in no great Numbers) ufed to make a Sum for them, each giving a broad Piece, or the like. And Alexander Gaffe, the Woman...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: Adventures of five hours

1780 - 472 pages
...now here, now there, fpmetimes in. .noblemep's houfes, in particular, Holland-houfc at Keniington, where the nobility and gentry who met (but in. no great numbers) ufed to make a fum for them, each giving a broad piece, or the like. And Alexander Gofte, the woman...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...privately three or four miles from town, sometimes in noblemen's houses, particularly in Holland House, Kensington, where the nobility and gentry who met (but in no great numbers) used to make up a purse for them. Alexander Goffe, the woman actor at Blackfriare, used to be the Jackall, and give...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes ...

Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed - 1825 - 496 pages
...being little cost in cloaths, " which often were in great danger to be seized by the then soladmitting them to shift, to Hatton-house, then a prison, where,...broad piece, or the like. And Alexander Goffe, the woman actor at Black-friers (who had made himself known to persons of quality) used to be the jackal],...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 17

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pages
...privately three or four miles from town, sometimes in noblemen's bouses, particularly in Holland House, Kensington, where the nobility and gentry who met (but in no great numbers) used to make up a purse for themAlexander Goffe, the woman actor at Blackfriars, used to be the Jackall, and give...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 17

1826 - 370 pages
...town, sometimes in noblemen's houses, particularly in Holland House, Kensington, where the nohility and gentry who met (but in no great numbers) used to make up a purse for them. Alexander Gaffe, the woman actor at Blackfriars, used to be the Jackall, and give...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 5

1830 - 428 pages
...time, they plundered them of their clothes, and 1st 'em loose again. Afterwards, in Oliver's lime, they used to act privately, three or four miles or...the nobility and gentry who met, (but in no great •umbers,) u?ed to make a sum for them, each giving a broad piece, or the like. And Alexander Goffe,...
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Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to ..., Volume 1

John Genest - 1832 - 514 pages
...place and sometimes at another — occasionally at Noblemen's houses, in particular at Holland House Kensington, where the Nobility and Gentry who met (but in no great numbers) made a collection for them : Alexander Goffe, the woman actor at Black Friars, used to be the person...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Great Britain, Volume 3

1838 - 406 pages
...miles out of town ; now here, now there ; sometimes in noblemen's houses, in particular Holland House, at Kensington*, where the nobility and gentry who...met (but in no great numbers) used to make a sum for * Holland House has always been a refugium for genius. them, each giving a broad piece, or the like....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 86

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1850 - 612 pages
...more out of town, now here, now there, sometimes in noblemen's houses, in particular Holland House at Kensington, where the nobility and gentry who met...for them, each giving a broad piece or the like.' — Historia Histrionica, 1699. The Duchess of Buckinghamshire, James II.'s daughter by Catherine Sedley,...
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