Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
During the reign of George II.--when the gallant Young Pretender was leading Jenny Cameron toward Derby, and flabby, gin-besotted England, dismayed by a rabble of half-famished Highlanders, was ready to take its thrashing lying-down--a prosperous attorney, named Francis Blandy...
family to attend me. I was not allowed a maid for the common decencies of my sex. I was sent to gaol, and was in hopes, there, at least, this usage would have ended, but was tol...
3. part i. pp. 359, 443; part ii. pp. 626, 710, 714; (1808), part i. p. 87.The most complete account of the trial will be found in the _Morning Post_, Monday, July 28, 1783. Those who are interested in the much-debated question whether the site of the...
5. Book VII., “Residence in London,” contains the famous referenceto Mary of Buttermere and her story. Describing various dramas he has seen at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, the poet mentions one written around the story of Mary of Buttermere. _Note...
1. Part II. Some Details of the Forgeries 207During the reign of George II.--when the gallant Young Pretender was leading Jenny Cameron toward Derby, and flabby, gin-besotted England, dismayed by a rabble of half-famished...
4. part i. 1800, p. 18-24; part ii. 1802, pp. 1013, 1062, 1063,Three accounts from the pen of Coleridge, which appeared in the _Morning Post_ of October 11, October 22, and November 5 respectively, under the titles “Romantic Marriage” and “...