Literary Landmarks of LondonT. Fisher Unwin, 1888 - 363 էջ |
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... King's Road , towards the Thames . That Addison was living in the village of Kensington in 1712 , when Swift was his neighbor , there seems to be no question , although the site or the character of his house there is not now known . The ...
... King's Road , towards the Thames . That Addison was living in the village of Kensington in 1712 , when Swift was his neighbor , there seems to be no question , although the site or the character of his house there is not now known . The ...
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... King he would not be refused . Addison himself , in the ' Spectator , ' tells of his familiarity with other well - known lounging - places of his day : - Sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and ...
... King he would not be refused . Addison himself , in the ' Spectator , ' tells of his familiarity with other well - known lounging - places of his day : - Sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and ...
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... King's Arms Tavern , which stood on the north side of Pall Mall , near the Haymarket , and on the site of the Opera Colonnade . It went out of existence as a club early in the eighteenth century . Its place of summer resort was the ...
... King's Arms Tavern , which stood on the north side of Pall Mall , near the Haymarket , and on the site of the Opera Colonnade . It went out of existence as a club early in the eighteenth century . Its place of summer resort was the ...
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... King's Place . ' King's Place , running from King Street to Pall Mall , and subsequently called Pall Mall Place for some mys- terious reason , was arched over , in 1885 , by an old house ; but no book - shop existed there , although ...
... King's Place . ' King's Place , running from King Street to Pall Mall , and subsequently called Pall Mall Place for some mys- terious reason , was arched over , in 1885 , by an old house ; but no book - shop existed there , although ...
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... King . Towards Highgate snow lay on the ground , and it came into my lord's thoughts why flesh might not be preserved in snow as in salt . They were re- solved they would try the experiment . Presently they alighted out of the coach ...
... King . Towards Highgate snow lay on the ground , and it came into my lord's thoughts why flesh might not be preserved in snow as in salt . They were re- solved they would try the experiment . Presently they alighted out of the coach ...
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Էջ 176 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Էջ 158 - Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections.
Էջ 156 - Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, ' He had (he said) a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood'.
Էջ 76 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled, ' The Shortest Way with the Dissenters...
Էջ 215 - I have heard many years since," says Richardson, " that he used to sit in a grey coarse cloth coat at the door of his house near Bunhill Fields, without Moorgate, in warm sunny weather, to enjoy the fresh air, and so, as well as in his room, received the visits of people of distinguished parts as well as quality...
Էջ 295 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Էջ 145 - I papered the walls with a trellis of roses ; I had the ceiling coloured with clouds and sky ; the barred windows I screened with Venetian blinds ; and when my bookcases were set up with their busts, and flowers and a pianoforte made their appearance, perhaps there was not a handsomer room on that side the water.
Էջ 186 - Friend, — White, or some of my friends, or the public papers, by this time may have informed you of the terrible calamities that have fallen on our family. I will only give you the outlines : — My poor dear, dearest sister, in a fit of insanity, has been the death of her own mother. I was at hand only time enough to snatch the knife out of her grasp. She is at present in a madhouse, from whence I fear she must be moved to an hospital. God has preserved to me my senses, — I eat, and drink, and...
Էջ 95 - In Covent Garden to-night, going to fetch home my wife, I stopped at the great Coffee-house 1 there, where I never was before : where Dryden, the poet, I knew at Cambridge, and all the wits of the town, and Harris the player, and Mr. Hoole, of our College. And, had I had time then, or could at other times, it will be good coming thither, for there, I perceive, is very witty and pleasant discourse.
Էջ 219 - An old black-laced hood represents the first, the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves for the second ; a dimity petticoat is deputy, and officiates for the fourth, and slippers act the part of the last.