A DUEL OVER AN ACCENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 31 July 1929, Page 3

A DUEL OVER AN ACCENT

. hssexshwl, m lh, sirnml, in !.,,,„[,,„, -s so cnllufl because il occupies the silo ul the house mill gurden of Robert Dove!'yl'x - /V' 1 ' 1 o 1 Essex. The old Water Gate be ongine to the house can still be seen embedded in the houses at the end o the street where the stairs descend to the river level. Turning out of Essex street is Devereux court, whicli contains ■in interesting building high up o» the ace ol which is „ bust of the Ear] of Essex made by Cibber. In this street "l n »5, nce n lho - tn,n ,? us cofi ' ee tav *n known os Jhe Grecian, the home of wits and scholars. .Steele writing in the first number Off e Intle,. says that he will date all the leaned articles from 'The Grec'.an. ihfi banquets following the metil.ES of the Royal Society were held at mo (.wiaii. and many well-known ll, ' ,l i " 1 tl"» tiny attended them. Two. stn•wn's ■•"'■ said to have quarrelled in the J.:' 1 "/,' house about the accent of a mattoi; by a duel in which one of then. was killed.