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Updated: May 25, 2025

It reminds one of Coleridge and his "the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is the pride that apes humility." Swift was conscious of the incongruity of the name, as witness the lines, "The Deanery House may well be match'd, Under correction, with the Thatch'd." As a matter of fact the tavern was of the highest class and greatly in repute with the leaders of society and fashion.

Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley - Inns and Taverns of Old London

All their Dwelling-Houses are cover'd with Bark, but this differs very much; for, it is very artificially thatch'd with Sedge and Rushes: As soon as finish'd, they place some one of their chiefest Men to dwell therein, charging him with the diligent Preservation thereof, as a Prince commits the Charge and Government of a Fort or Castle, to some Subject he thinks worthy of that Trust.

John Lawson - A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc.