Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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Page 166
... nights . The author received £ 400 for it , and evidently it drew full houses , for it was the custom to assign the playwright the third night's profit . If it ran after three nights , he would draw the takings on the sixth and ninth ...
... nights . The author received £ 400 for it , and evidently it drew full houses , for it was the custom to assign the playwright the third night's profit . If it ran after three nights , he would draw the takings on the sixth and ninth ...
Page 181
... night - caps which were " so strong no mouse or even rat can gnaw through them . " Of underclothing very little need be said , as very little was worn . A man wore a shirt and a pair of stockings , a woman a shift or smock and a ...
... night - caps which were " so strong no mouse or even rat can gnaw through them . " Of underclothing very little need be said , as very little was worn . A man wore a shirt and a pair of stockings , a woman a shift or smock and a ...
Page 377
... night . These are of the most courage- ous . One woman , still more heroic , is come to town , on purpose ; she says all her friends are in London , and she will not survive them . But what will you think of Lady Catherine Pelham , Lady ...
... night . These are of the most courage- ous . One woman , still more heroic , is come to town , on purpose ; she says all her friends are in London , and she will not survive them . But what will you think of Lady Catherine Pelham , Lady ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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