London Scenes and London People: Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Sketches of Places, Personages, Events, Customs, and Curiosities of London City, Past and PresentCollingridge, 1864 - 362 頁 |
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... means gives a sufficient idea of the great merit of the piece . In length ten or eleven feet , in height five or six - a sheet of oak panel , hardly at all cracked , and the colours as fresh and brilliant as if but recently laid on - it ...
... means gives a sufficient idea of the great merit of the piece . In length ten or eleven feet , in height five or six - a sheet of oak panel , hardly at all cracked , and the colours as fresh and brilliant as if but recently laid on - it ...
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... means gives a sufficient idea of the great merit of the piece . In length ten or eleven feet , in height five or six - a sheet of oak panel , hardly at all cracked , and the colours as fresh and brilliant as if but recently laid on - it ...
... means gives a sufficient idea of the great merit of the piece . In length ten or eleven feet , in height five or six - a sheet of oak panel , hardly at all cracked , and the colours as fresh and brilliant as if but recently laid on - it ...
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... mean merit . Across the principal entrance there stands a very curious two - leaved screen ; originally it had four ... means for resuscitation , and suc- ceeded . The man was kept hidden for a long while , and then sent abroad at the ...
... mean merit . Across the principal entrance there stands a very curious two - leaved screen ; originally it had four ... means for resuscitation , and suc- ceeded . The man was kept hidden for a long while , and then sent abroad at the ...
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... narrowed by means of stonework added to strengthen them , as from the great age of the piers they were justly thought insecure . Londoners of that day pronounced the number of vessels in the Pool " prodi- 18 LONDON BRIDGE .
... narrowed by means of stonework added to strengthen them , as from the great age of the piers they were justly thought insecure . Londoners of that day pronounced the number of vessels in the Pool " prodi- 18 LONDON BRIDGE .
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... means least , twice Lord Mayor Cubitt , favourite of all . Our list of City grandees might easily be lengthened , for London merchants may well compete in reputation with the proudest magnates of Venice , Genoa , or Amsterdam , in their ...
... means least , twice Lord Mayor Cubitt , favourite of all . Our list of City grandees might easily be lengthened , for London merchants may well compete in reputation with the proudest magnates of Venice , Genoa , or Amsterdam , in their ...
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第 199 頁 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
第 200 頁 - ... they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise.
第 169 頁 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
第 204 頁 - Chaucer's worst ribaldry is learn'd by rote, And beastly Skelton heads of houses quote; One likes no language but the Faery Queen; A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o...
第 70 頁 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
第 109 頁 - I yield thee most hearty thanks that thou hast given me life thus long to finish this work to the glory of thy name!
第 167 頁 - The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited to those plentiful old times, Before our modern luxuries arose, With truffles and ragouts, and various crimes ; And therefore, from the original in prose I shall arrange the catalogue in rhymes : They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores, ** Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard...
第 203 頁 - He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us ; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true...
第 288 頁 - prentices, bakers, brewers, butchers, draymen, and what not; and all these fellows one with another cursing and betting. I soon had enough of it.
第 199 頁 - But that which most doth take my Muse and me Is a pure cup of rich canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine; Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted.