Identifier: oldnewlondonnarr03thor (find matches)
Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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he palaceof the )5ishop of Carlisle, with grounds whichextended to the lane running down to the river,called Ivy Bridj^e. Of the history of this house fortunes of the ducal house of Bedford. CarlisleHouse was afterwards known as Worcester House.At the bottom of Ivy Bridge Lane was for manyyears the landing-stage for the halfpenny steam-boats plying between this place and London Bridge,one of which blew up here in August, 1847. The Adelphi Terrace, which we pass soon afterleaving Waterloo Bridge, at one time formed aconspicuous feature as seen from the river, but isso far removed by the broad Embankment withits garden, and thrown into the shade by tlielofty railway station close by, that it may now bepassed almost unnoticed. Northouck, in writing ofthe new Adelphi Buildings, tells us that Mr. Lacy,the joint patentee with Garrick in Drury Lane,formed a plan for improving the whole north bankof the river upon a plan ymi.lar to that of th.Q The rii mes.J BUILDINGS O.V THE THAMES BANK. 295
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296 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (The Thames. Adelphi Terrace, and that there exists a copper-plate engraving of his design, engraved for privatedistribution. Of this noble terrace we havespoken in a previous chapter, but we may bepardoned for here adding a short anecdote con-cerning Garrick, who lived and died in the centrehouse : we give it on the authority of INIr. Cradocks Literary and jMiscellaneous Memoirs. WhenJean Jacques Rousseau was in England, Garrickpaid him the compliment of playing two characterson purpose to oblige him; and as it was knownthat Rousseau would be present, the theatre was ofcourse crowded to excess. Rousseau was highlygratified, but Mrs. Garrick declared that she hadnever spent a more unpleasant evening in her life,the recluse philosopher being so anxious to displayhimself, and hanging over the front of the box somuch that she was obliged to hold him by theskirt of his coat to prevent him from falling overinto the pit. After the performance, however, hepaid a very

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