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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...was changed to " the Johnson Club," and on the Thatched House being taken down the club removed to the Clarendon Hotel in Bond Street, where it celebrated its centennial in 1864. It is still in existence. Chambers, Timbs. Literary Colossus, The, v. Great Moralist, The. Little, The (Latin, Parvus). A surname of John of Salisbury, a noted English ecclesiastic, scholar and author, bishop of Chartres (c. 1115-80). He was present at the murder of Thomas a Becket. Little Corporal, The, v. Caporal, Le Petit. Little Duke, The, v. Protestant Duke, The. Little England. A popular surname given to Barbadoes by the inhabitants. Little Giant, The. A popular surname of Stephen D.N. Arnold Douglas, an American democratic politician (1813-61). Little Italy. A popular name given to the colony of Italians at Saffron Hill, London. Little Mac. A nickname of George Brinton McClellan, a celebrated American general and politician (1826-85). v. Little Napoleon, The. Little Magician, The. A popular name for Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States (1782-1862). Little Marlborough, The. A surname of Count Kurt Christoph Schwerin, a German general (1684-1757). Little Master, The. A surname given to Hans Sebald Beham, a celebrated painter and engraver (c. 150050), in allusion to the extreme smallness of his prints. Also to other artists of the same period. Little Napoleon, The. A surname given to George Brinton McClellan, a celebrated American general and politician (1826-85) by his troops during the Civil War. Also Little Mac. Also to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, another American general (1818-93) in a similar manner, v. Old Bory. Little Paris. A name sometimes given to Brussels. Also to Milan, Italy. Little Parliament. The Parliament...