The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events : St. Paul's to St. James'sUnit Library, 1903 - 626 pages |
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... thought that Surrey Street and Shire Lane had their merits , as well as the illustrious obscurity of Bolt Court . In Surrey Street lived Congreve ; and Shire Lane , though nobody would think so to see it now , is eminent for the origin ...
... thought that Surrey Street and Shire Lane had their merits , as well as the illustrious obscurity of Bolt Court . In Surrey Street lived Congreve ; and Shire Lane , though nobody would think so to see it now , is eminent for the origin ...
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... thought ( who did not take the trouble of reading the second page ) , because he confounded it with the true , but , as he himself states , for the benefit of those who would know how to make use of it - the poets . In the same passage ...
... thought ( who did not take the trouble of reading the second page ) , because he confounded it with the true , but , as he himself states , for the benefit of those who would know how to make use of it - the poets . In the same passage ...
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... thought as extravagant , as old times would have thought the telegraph just men- tioned , or the publication of those thousands of volumes a day called Newspapers.1 A word or two more on health , and our modes of liv- ing . London was ...
... thought as extravagant , as old times would have thought the telegraph just men- tioned , or the publication of those thousands of volumes a day called Newspapers.1 A word or two more on health , and our modes of liv- ing . London was ...
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... thought which has swept them away , should have done us a disservice meanwhile , which more thinking shall put an end to . Far are we from desiring to go back . But we would hasten the time when reflection shall recover the good for us ...
... thought which has swept them away , should have done us a disservice meanwhile , which more thinking shall put an end to . Far are we from desiring to go back . But we would hasten the time when reflection shall recover the good for us ...
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... thought it incredible as a general fact , but doubted. whether. half. a. dozen. streets. could. be. found. with. a. twig. in them ; and they triumphantly instanced " Cheapside , " as a place in which it was " out of the question . " Yet in ...
... thought it incredible as a general fact , but doubted. whether. half. a. dozen. streets. could. be. found. with. a. twig. in them ; and they triumphantly instanced " Cheapside , " as a place in which it was " out of the question . " Yet in ...
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