. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. e courtand settled it with their swords, the one falling bythe others hand. The topographer of Leeds,Ralph Thoresby, describes how on one occasion,after a meeting of the Royal Society, he cameback to the Grecian, and spent the rest of theevening there in the company of Sir Isaac Newton, At the Grecian Akenside spent such of hiswinter evenings as he could spare from Toms,as we learn from Sir John Hawkinss Life ofJohnson, entangled in disputes and altercations,chiefly on subjects of literature and politics, thatfixed
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. e courtand settled it with their swords, the one falling bythe others hand. The topographer of Leeds,Ralph Thoresby, describes how on one occasion,after a meeting of the Royal Society, he cameback to the Grecian, and spent the rest of theevening there in the company of Sir Isaac Newton, At the Grecian Akenside spent such of hiswinter evenings as he could spare from Toms,as we learn from Sir John Hawkinss Life ofJohnson, entangled in disputes and altercations,chiefly on subjects of literature and politics, thatfixed on his character the stamp of haughtinessand self-conceit, and drew him into disagreeablesituations. The Grecian ceased to be acoffee-house or tavern about the year 1842, andshortly afterwards it was converted into cham-bers. A part of the building, however, nowknown as Eldon Chambers/ is used as a refresh-ment-bar. High up, on the front of this house, isa bust of Lord Essex, and beneath it the inscrip-tion, This is Devereux Court, 1676. 65 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Strand ;. , vtLuM THK Tui OF ARUNiJEL HOUSE. {Froni ai! Etching by Hollar.) CHAPTER XL THE STRAND —SOUTHERN TRIBUTARIES {contimtca). The gloi ies of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things.—Lovelace. House—Attacked by the Populace—Seized by Lord Paget, and Bequeathed to Robert. Earl of Essex—Paterson, the Auctioneer-Essex Street—Sams Club at the Essex Head —.Anecdote of the Young Pretender—The Robin Hood Society—Charles Dibdin—TheUnitarian Chapel—Earliest Inhabitants of Essex Street. The site now covered by Essex Street and De-vereiix Court was, as stated above, originally aportion of the Outer Temple, and, as Dugdalesupposes, belonged at one time to the Prior andCanons of the Holy Sepulchre. In the reign ofEdward HL it passed into the hands of the Bishopsof Exeter, whose town residence was built here. Itwas called Exeter House, and they occupied it tillthe time o
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