[231:A] "This should be _Cuper's_ gardens, formerly the Bear Garden."
_European Magazine._
[231:B] "This should be the _Folly_; a very large vessel, said to have
been the hulk of a ship of war or frigate, which was moored on the
Surrey-side of the Thames, nearly opposite Hungerford stairs, and,
consequently, abreast of _Cuper's_ gardens. It was used as a floating
_tavern_ and _bagnio_. The proprietors had an idea, that a licence was
not necessary for a place of this _description on the river_, and it
was continued many years unrestrained, till at length its enormities
became so notorious, that its suppression was deemed a most necessary
object of Police." _Ibid._
[232:A] At Hoxton.
[233:A] Heraclitus Ridens.
[244:A] No Coaches to be admitted but with six horses, nor any Coach to
come into the Park after ten of the clock in the morning.
[257:A] Daughter to the earl of Ranelagh.
[266:A] Original Weekly Journal, May 21, 1720.
[280:A] "This house was one of the last of the hundreds of Drury
Taverns (for in that district it was included). Tradition formerly
said it had, in the reign of Charles II. been much celebrated for
the gaiety of its visitors. The rooms in which the concerts were
performed and balls given, were at the top of the house: these were
large, others smaller; the bar conveniently situated to see who went up
stairs. All the premises, except the Tavern part, which dwindled into a
public-house, were let to an organ-builder and harpsichord-maker."
_European Magazine._
[336:A] _Vide_ London Chronicle, vol. IX. p. 375.
[390:A] "If any Courtier bowed in a cringing manner, or used flattering
expressions, he was either banished the Court, if the nature of his
place admitted of it; or turned into ridicule, if his dignity exempted
him from any severer punishment." Lampridius, Life of Alexander Severus.