Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... taken thirty days . I went out much about as wise as I went in , but with this severe reflection , that for fear of losing my chance , I had that morning abruptly torn myself from three gentlemen , with whom I was engaged in an ...
... taken thirty days . I went out much about as wise as I went in , but with this severe reflection , that for fear of losing my chance , I had that morning abruptly torn myself from three gentlemen , with whom I was engaged in an ...
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... taken down , and removed to the church , where it hung upon the walls for many a year . We may still see them in our churches , though an immense number were taken down in the last century . So , in all the panoply of woe , ended the ...
... taken down , and removed to the church , where it hung upon the walls for many a year . We may still see them in our churches , though an immense number were taken down in the last century . So , in all the panoply of woe , ended the ...
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... taken . It was like much other legislation of the eighteenth century , a dead letter . A similar precaution was taken regarding Lord Mayor's Day ; but in this case the beadle was required to visit each house and acquaint the several ...
... taken . It was like much other legislation of the eighteenth century , a dead letter . A similar precaution was taken regarding Lord Mayor's Day ; but in this case the beadle was required to visit each house and acquaint the several ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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