Savage

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• Savage, Richard

  (1697?-1743) Poet, was probably of humble birth, but claimed to be the illegitimate s. of the Count...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• The Belle Savage

  On the north side of Ludgate Hill in "la belle Sauvage" yard. In Farringdon Ward Without. Forms of ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Savage Court

  North out of Widegate Street at No. 30. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108-El...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Savage Gardens

  South out of Crutched Friars, at No.22, to Trinity Square, Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate W...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Savage Yard

  Mentioned in Burial Register of St. Olave's Hart Street, 1661 (Povah, 189). Probably led to Sir T. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Landor, Walter Savage

  (1775-1864) Poet and miscellaneous author, s. of a physician, was b. at Ipsley Court, Warwick, the ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Bell Savage Yard, Old Bailey

  See Ball Court, Old Bailey. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• savage as a meat axe

  Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States. "Why, you ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.