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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... night at a house in King - street , within sight of Guildhall , and one of my amusements was to look from an upper window , and scrutinise the long narrow strip of sky overhead , for indications of the ap- proaching day . The street was ...
... night at a house in King - street , within sight of Guildhall , and one of my amusements was to look from an upper window , and scrutinise the long narrow strip of sky overhead , for indications of the ap- proaching day . The street was ...
第 16 頁
... night . From early morning to midday , the struggling slaves of Mammon are engaged in busy transit , some carrying to London supplies for its myriad wants , others laden with luxuries for the extra - mural population ; some in ...
... night . From early morning to midday , the struggling slaves of Mammon are engaged in busy transit , some carrying to London supplies for its myriad wants , others laden with luxuries for the extra - mural population ; some in ...
第 17 頁
... night advances the passing vehicles are fewer , the rows of foot - passengers grow thinner , and it is less dangerous to pause and look about you . How white and spectral the Monument grows in the moonlight , as if the ghosts of all who ...
... night advances the passing vehicles are fewer , the rows of foot - passengers grow thinner , and it is less dangerous to pause and look about you . How white and spectral the Monument grows in the moonlight , as if the ghosts of all who ...
第 27 頁
... night so late as 1415 , in which year the clumsy contrivance of hanging lanterns at long intervals , in thronged thoroughfares , began to be resorted to . The luxury of close carriages was quite unknown till long after . Delicate ladies ...
... night so late as 1415 , in which year the clumsy contrivance of hanging lanterns at long intervals , in thronged thoroughfares , began to be resorted to . The luxury of close carriages was quite unknown till long after . Delicate ladies ...
第 47 頁
... night . His new trade proved a money - getting one . His small family grew remarkably neat in their dress , and mamma was exceed- ingly well put on ; I have even heard that on gala days she wore a gold watch , and was considered quite a ...
... night . His new trade proved a money - getting one . His small family grew remarkably neat in their dress , and mamma was exceed- ingly well put on ; I have even heard that on gala days she wore a gold watch , and was considered quite a ...
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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.