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Martin-le-Grand in London was converted into a tavern, and St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, served the scarcely less incongruous purpose of a Parliament House. All this he did, and when his well-earned fall came the Church fared no better under his successor, John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and afterwards Duke of Northumberland. History of the Church in England, p. 401.
We are strongly disposed to think, that if we put him in this place, he will answer our purpose without another word of comment. Felix, then, is a young gentleman who lives at home with his mother, just within the twopenny-post office circle of three miles from St. Martin-le-Grand.
Therefore the house has been more particularly described in the section devoted to Chelsea. Martin-le-Grand in exchange for a house in Aldersgate Street. King Henry VIII. granted the collegiate church of St. Martin and endowments to Westminster. It was sold by Queen Mary to the Maynards, in whose family it remained till 1756.
We are strongly disposed to think, that if we put him in this place, he will answer our purpose without another word of comment. Felix, then, is a young gentleman who lives at home with his mother, just within the twopenny-post office circle of three miles from St. Martin-le-Grand.
Martin-le-Grand was formerly celebrated for the number of shops vending cheap and imitation jewellery within its purlieus. 'St. Martin's ware' came to mean a forgery. p. 205 nick their Inclinations. To nick = to thwart. A somewhat uncommon use. p. 207 the wonderful Salamanca Doctor. cf. II, p. 433. silken Doctor. The City Heiress. II, p. 437. Salamanca. p. 208 the Twire. cf. II, p. 440.
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