The Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated ResidentsRichard Bentley, 1849 - 444 էջ |
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... never been disputed ; all the world admits its truth , and it is only brought forward here that we may claim for London stones more capabilities of instruction than stones in general afford . To the contemplative man who walks over the ...
... never been disputed ; all the world admits its truth , and it is only brought forward here that we may claim for London stones more capabilities of instruction than stones in general afford . To the contemplative man who walks over the ...
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... never lack amusement in his leisure hours . He has only to extend his map before him , and consider the various tribes and nations who inhabit his little world , and then take a journey among them , and study the difference of their ...
... never lack amusement in his leisure hours . He has only to extend his map before him , and consider the various tribes and nations who inhabit his little world , and then take a journey among them , and study the difference of their ...
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... NEVER SEEN IN THE FAIR BEFORE . VIVAT REX . ANNE REGINA , AT MR . FINLEY'S AND MRS . BARNES'S BOOTH , STANDING ON THE SAME GROUND AS IT DID LAST YEAR , DURING THE TIME OF MAY FAIR , ARE TO BE SEEN THE FAMOUS ROPE DANCERS OF EUROPE ...
... NEVER SEEN IN THE FAIR BEFORE . VIVAT REX . ANNE REGINA , AT MR . FINLEY'S AND MRS . BARNES'S BOOTH , STANDING ON THE SAME GROUND AS IT DID LAST YEAR , DURING THE TIME OF MAY FAIR , ARE TO BE SEEN THE FAMOUS ROPE DANCERS OF EUROPE ...
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... never countenanced by men of true taste ; for it is well known , that when applications were made to the Earl of Burlington for his sanction , he always spoke of them with sovereign contempt , observing that the uplifted arms of leaden ...
... never countenanced by men of true taste ; for it is well known , that when applications were made to the Earl of Burlington for his sanction , he always spoke of them with sovereign contempt , observing that the uplifted arms of leaden ...
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... never per- formed by any . It is shown for the benefit of his widow every evening , between 5 and 6 of the clock , with several new additions made this summer ; as three new stages , sea - gods and goddesses , nymphs , mermaids , and ...
... never per- formed by any . It is shown for the benefit of his widow every evening , between 5 and 6 of the clock , with several new additions made this summer ; as three new stages , sea - gods and goddesses , nymphs , mermaids , and ...
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The Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents John Thomas Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1854 |
The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John ... John Thomas Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1861 |
The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John ... John Thomas Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1861 |
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Էջ 42 - Fleet Ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Էջ 105 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Էջ 202 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Էջ 6 - There when they came whereas those bricky towers The which on Thames' broad aged back do ride. Where now the studious lawyers have their bowers, There whilom wont the Templar knights to bide, Till they decayed through pride...
Էջ 191 - I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you: I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms : this I have seen since I saw you.
Էջ 161 - ... approach to me, somewhat in the manner of an actor in the part of Horatio, when he addresses Hamlet on the appearance of his father's ghost, 'Look, my lord, it comes.
Էջ 178 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud, though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, (for it was like nothing on earth,) which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Էջ 92 - Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to meet with agreeable conversation. And the booksellers themselves were knowing and conversible men, with whom, for the sake of bookish knowledge, the greatest wits were pleased to converse.
Էջ 178 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it...
Էջ 208 - President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London, for improving Natural Knowledge.