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... George II . , were almost as impassable as the avenues of a new American town . The only road to the Houses of Parliament before 1750 was through King Street and Union Street , " which were in so miserable a state , that fagots were ...
... George II . , were almost as impassable as the avenues of a new American town . The only road to the Houses of Parliament before 1750 was through King Street and Union Street , " which were in so miserable a state , that fagots were ...
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... George the First , great - great - great - grandfather to the Duchess of York ! It sounds as if there could not have been above three generations more before Adam . " There never was a place so associated with the memory of one man as ...
... George the First , great - great - great - grandfather to the Duchess of York ! It sounds as if there could not have been above three generations more before Adam . " There never was a place so associated with the memory of one man as ...
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... not singular in her tastes . Before the accession of George III . it was by no means uncommon for ladies of quality to sup at taverns , and even to invite the gentle- men to be of the company . Walpole says that 48 ONCE UPON A TIME .
... not singular in her tastes . Before the accession of George III . it was by no means uncommon for ladies of quality to sup at taverns , and even to invite the gentle- men to be of the company . Walpole says that 48 ONCE UPON A TIME .
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... George III . banished the custom from the upper ranks ; but it lingered amongst the middle classes ; and Dr. Johnson thought it not in the slightest de- gree indecorous to say to two young ladies who called upon him , " Come , you ...
... George III . banished the custom from the upper ranks ; but it lingered amongst the middle classes ; and Dr. Johnson thought it not in the slightest de- gree indecorous to say to two young ladies who called upon him , " Come , you ...
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... George Selwyn's , when a waiter at Arthur's Club House was taken up for robbery : " what a horrid idea he will give of us to the people in Newgate ! " It may be doubted whether the gentlemen - highway- men who peopled Newgate at that ...
... George Selwyn's , when a waiter at Arthur's Club House was taken up for robbery : " what a horrid idea he will give of us to the people in Newgate ! " It may be doubted whether the gentlemen - highway- men who peopled Newgate at that ...
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Seite 1 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. — — Salmonia ; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEORGE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Seite 136 - Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents...
Seite 137 - Anon, a Figure enters, quaintly neat, All pride and business, bustle and conceit ; With looks unalter'd by these scenes of woe, With speed that, entering, speaks his haste to go ; He bids the gazing throng around him fly, And carries Fate and Physic in his eye...
Seite 85 - MDCCLXV. .LHE following work was found in the library of an ancient catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529.
Seite 79 - My dear Sir, you don't call Rousseau bad company. Do you really think him a bad man?" JOHNSON. "Sir, if you are talking jestingly of this, I don't talk with you. If you mean to be serious, I think him one of the worst of men; a rascal, who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been. Three or four nations have expelled him: and it is a shame that he is protected in this country.
Seite 14 - Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within.
Seite 54 - ... one tallow candle at the end, we tumbled over the bed of the child, to whom the ghost comes, and whom they are murdering by inches in such insufferable heat and stench. At the top of the room are ropes to dry clothes. I asked if we were to have rope-dancing between the acts ? We...
Seite 36 - Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own Thunders follow Mars's Drums. Arrest him, Empress ; or you sleep no more — " She heard, and drove him to th
Seite 293 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...