Note 94 — A BOOK FOR A RAINY DAY
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M. Wroth says: “In 1691 the place was known as Long’s Bowling Green at the Rose, and for several years (circ. 1679-1736) persons of quality might have been seen bowling there during the summer-time.
‘At the Groom Porters battered bullies play; Some Dukes at Marybone bowl time away.’”
These lines, often erroneously attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montague, occur in Pope’s The Basset-table, an Eclogue.