The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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Page 107
... walking along the streets in my youth , " he tells us , on the side next this prison , I have often been tempted by the ques- tion , ' Sir , will you be pleased to walk in and be married . ' Along this most lawless space was frequently ...
... walking along the streets in my youth , " he tells us , on the side next this prison , I have often been tempted by the ques- tion , ' Sir , will you be pleased to walk in and be married . ' Along this most lawless space was frequently ...
Page 170
... walking . " I met him in Fleet Street , " says Boswell , " walking , or rather , indeed , moving along ; for his ... walk forwards briskly , without being conscious of what he had done . The porter was very angry , but stood still ...
... walking . " I met him in Fleet Street , " says Boswell , " walking , or rather , indeed , moving along ; for his ... walk forwards briskly , without being conscious of what he had done . The porter was very angry , but stood still ...
Page 235
... walk above , and rows of shops over that , filled chiefly with milliners , semp- stresses , and the like . This was a fashionable place of resort . In 1654 , a fatal affair happened here . Mr. Gerard , a young gentleman , at that time ...
... walk above , and rows of shops over that , filled chiefly with milliners , semp- stresses , and the like . This was a fashionable place of resort . In 1654 , a fatal affair happened here . Mr. Gerard , a young gentleman , at that time ...
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