Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... hundred a year , " says Lady Louisa Stuart , " would not do much for two people who must live in London and appear in fine clothes at St. James's twice a week . " Fifteen or sixteen hundred would be equal to between three and four ...
... hundred a year , " says Lady Louisa Stuart , " would not do much for two people who must live in London and appear in fine clothes at St. James's twice a week . " Fifteen or sixteen hundred would be equal to between three and four ...
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... hundred and fifty sitters in a year , he got as much as two hundred pounds for a whole - length portrait , and Walpole says that he received a thousand pounds for his picture of the Ladies Waldegrave . Gainsborough charged a hundred and ...
... hundred and fifty sitters in a year , he got as much as two hundred pounds for a whole - length portrait , and Walpole says that he received a thousand pounds for his picture of the Ladies Waldegrave . Gainsborough charged a hundred and ...
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... hundred were injured . There were also some wonderful escapes . 66 In a house in the Strand which sheltered several persons four of them , " we are told , " fell with a great part of the house , etc. , three stories , and several two ...
... hundred were injured . There were also some wonderful escapes . 66 In a house in the Strand which sheltered several persons four of them , " we are told , " fell with a great part of the house , etc. , three stories , and several two ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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