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Covent

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Cov´ent    (k?v´ent)
n.1.A convent or monastery.
Covent Garden
a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.


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The address I cannot call to mind quite so correctly; but I am almost sure it was at some theatrical place in Bow Street, Covent Garden.
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Philander and Gustavus, after having raised their reputation by their Performances in the Theatrical Line at Edinburgh, removed to Covent Garden, where they still exhibit under the assumed names of LUVIS and QUICK.
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(for walk she doth in the print) to Covent Garden church, with a starved foot-boy behind carrying her prayer-book.
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