Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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Page 64
... course . Goldsmith is shocked when he meets a man like " Jack Varnish , an humble seller of prints , " at Epsom race - course , and resolves never " to lay out another penny with him . " The more sensible tradesman eschewed such ...
... course . Goldsmith is shocked when he meets a man like " Jack Varnish , an humble seller of prints , " at Epsom race - course , and resolves never " to lay out another penny with him . " The more sensible tradesman eschewed such ...
Page 97
... course of water be foreclosed or letted that it may not have its course as it was wont , to the annoyance of the Ward , and by whom it is done . 66 Ye shall diligently make search and inquiry whether there be any vintner inn holder ...
... course of water be foreclosed or letted that it may not have its course as it was wont , to the annoyance of the Ward , and by whom it is done . 66 Ye shall diligently make search and inquiry whether there be any vintner inn holder ...
Page 188
... course , quite untrue . The solid tradesman , the respectable merchant certainly never gambled . Had they done so their credit would have disappeared . They may have played whist for Is . points , but that is not gambling . The ...
... course , quite untrue . The solid tradesman , the respectable merchant certainly never gambled . Had they done so their credit would have disappeared . They may have played whist for Is . points , but that is not gambling . The ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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