The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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... metropolis . The principal portion of these volumes appeared thirteen years ago in the " Monthly Supplements to Leigh Hunt's London Journal , " under the title of " The Streets of London " ; and these papers were accounted , by all who ...
... metropolis . The principal portion of these volumes appeared thirteen years ago in the " Monthly Supplements to Leigh Hunt's London Journal , " under the title of " The Streets of London " ; and these papers were accounted , by all who ...
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... metropolis in one publication ; but to do so , on the scale of the present work , would have tasked the exertions of Mr Hunt too severely for the state of his health . The idea was , therefore , abandoned for the present ; and the ...
... metropolis in one publication ; but to do so , on the scale of the present work , would have tasked the exertions of Mr Hunt too severely for the state of his health . The idea was , therefore , abandoned for the present ; and the ...
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... METROPOLIS AS IT EXISTED IN THE TIME OF SHAKSPEARE AND BACON . GROWTH OF THE STREETS AND SUBURBS DURING THE LATER REIGNS . " MERRY LONDON " AND MERRY ENGLAND . " CURIOUS ASSERTION RESPECTING TREES IN THE CITY 66 PAGE 1 CHAPTER ...
... METROPOLIS AS IT EXISTED IN THE TIME OF SHAKSPEARE AND BACON . GROWTH OF THE STREETS AND SUBURBS DURING THE LATER REIGNS . " MERRY LONDON " AND MERRY ENGLAND . " CURIOUS ASSERTION RESPECTING TREES IN THE CITY 66 PAGE 1 CHAPTER ...
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... metropolis was how to get out of it ; how to arrive , with our best speed , at the beautiful vista of home and a pudding , which awaited us in the distance . And long after this we saw nothing in London , but the book - shops which have ...
... metropolis was how to get out of it ; how to arrive , with our best speed , at the beautiful vista of home and a pudding , which awaited us in the distance . And long after this we saw nothing in London , but the book - shops which have ...
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... metropolis of the wits of Queen Anne's time , and of the poets of Elizabeth ; might have longed to sit over their canary in Cornhill with Beaumont and Ben Jonson , and have thought that Surrey Street and Shire Lane had their merits , as ...
... metropolis of the wits of Queen Anne's time , and of the poets of Elizabeth ; might have longed to sit over their canary in Cornhill with Beaumont and Ben Jonson , and have thought that Surrey Street and Shire Lane had their merits , as ...
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admired afterwards ancient appear arms Baynard's Castle Ben Jonson Bishop Boswell building built called cathedral celebrated character Charles Charles II church coach court Covent Garden curious death Dr Johnson Dryden Duchess Duchess of Albemarle Duke Earl Edward Edward III Elizabeth England Essex famous favour Fleet Street Garrick hand Henry honour Inigo Jones James Johnson King King's Lady letter Lincoln's Lincoln's Inn Fields lived lodged Londinium Londinium Redivivum London look Lord Russell Lord Sandwich Ludgate Ludgate Hill manner married metropolis Mohun neighbourhood never night noble palace Paul's Churchyard Pennant Pepys perhaps person play poet poor Pope present princely probably Queen reign Richardson says seems Shakspeare side Sir John Somerset House speak spirit stands stood story supposed Tatler tavern Temple theatre things thought tion told took walk Whitehall wife word writer