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GLOBE THEATRE. - "Hearts of Oak." Performance...
GLOBE THEATRE.-"Hearts of Oak." Performance...
...popery," "Down with the Pope," and cheers for the "Church of England." The noise called forth fresh recruits from the adjoining colleges, and the matter assumed such grave importance that the heads of Pembroke ordered the room to be opened. This was not easily done, because the "oak" had been screwed up for the occasion, and trouble had been anticipated. When Mr. Grissell had been taken out, the papal chamberlain was ejected "at the toe of the boot" from the college which he had entered only a few hours before with all his accustomed dignity. The next morning three...
...Some great oak or poplar or Pelian...
...Simmons, the founder of Oak Hall, Boston, died yesterday...