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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... received . The pole , which even now , in country places , projects over the shaver's shop - door , indicated at first that persons might be bled there , as the patient , when phle- botomy was performed , grasped a tall rod , to keep ...
... received . The pole , which even now , in country places , projects over the shaver's shop - door , indicated at first that persons might be bled there , as the patient , when phle- botomy was performed , grasped a tall rod , to keep ...
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... received . The pole , which even now , in country places , projects over the shaver's shop - door , indicated at first that persons might be bled there , as the patient , when phle- botomy was performed , grasped a tall rod , to keep ...
... received . The pole , which even now , in country places , projects over the shaver's shop - door , indicated at first that persons might be bled there , as the patient , when phle- botomy was performed , grasped a tall rod , to keep ...
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... received its legal occupants , the broad pavement was often quite darkened by these graceful birds , and the flap of wings as they rose into the air on any sudden alarm was really quite startling . It is strange to find in some of the ...
... received its legal occupants , the broad pavement was often quite darkened by these graceful birds , and the flap of wings as they rose into the air on any sudden alarm was really quite startling . It is strange to find in some of the ...
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... received . Alighting for a moment on the walls , they indulged in a kind of jerking march , like a company of riflemen imperfectly drilled , then off anew to the blue heaven , not yet obscured by coal smoke , to revel in a quiet air ...
... received . Alighting for a moment on the walls , they indulged in a kind of jerking march , like a company of riflemen imperfectly drilled , then off anew to the blue heaven , not yet obscured by coal smoke , to revel in a quiet air ...
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... received by the late Marquis of Hertford , at his princely mansion in the Regent's Park , where they still do duty as guardians of the stable clock . 68 TEMPLE BAR . THIS heavy , unsightly gate , THE GIANTS AT OLD ST . DUNSTAN'S CHURCH .
... received by the late Marquis of Hertford , at his princely mansion in the Regent's Park , where they still do duty as guardians of the stable clock . 68 TEMPLE BAR . THIS heavy , unsightly gate , THE GIANTS AT OLD ST . DUNSTAN'S CHURCH .
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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.