Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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Page 63
... Sometimes the industrious apprentice married his master's daughter , sometimes the small trader was lucky upon Change , and there were perquisites and emoluments to be picked up in the City . The middle classes had begun to build up a ...
... Sometimes the industrious apprentice married his master's daughter , sometimes the small trader was lucky upon Change , and there were perquisites and emoluments to be picked up in the City . The middle classes had begun to build up a ...
Page 107
... sometimes called , was chosen by the Justices from a list of names sent in by the Vestry . In London , where there were turnpike trusts and street commissioners , the Surveyor of the highway had very little to do . These parish offices ...
... sometimes called , was chosen by the Justices from a list of names sent in by the Vestry . In London , where there were turnpike trusts and street commissioners , the Surveyor of the highway had very little to do . These parish offices ...
Page 178
... sometimes as foolish and extra- ordinary as the women's . Men flaunted nosegays of artificial flowers and thrust their hands into muffs , though good old Jonas Hanway was jeered at for carrying such an effeminate thing as an umbrella ...
... sometimes as foolish and extra- ordinary as the women's . Men flaunted nosegays of artificial flowers and thrust their hands into muffs , though good old Jonas Hanway was jeered at for carrying such an effeminate thing as an umbrella ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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