Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... tells us that in his boyhood Oxford Street " from Prince's Street eastwards as far as High Street was almost unbuilt upon the north side . I remember it , " he continues , " a deep hollow road full of sloughs with here and there a ...
... tells us that in his boyhood Oxford Street " from Prince's Street eastwards as far as High Street was almost unbuilt upon the north side . I remember it , " he continues , " a deep hollow road full of sloughs with here and there a ...
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... tells us , lions in the Tower , and also " two leopards or tigers , " the antiquarian was no zoolo- gist , " three eagles , two owls , two cats of the mountains and a jackal . In spite of her miserable quarters she had lived to a good ...
... tells us , lions in the Tower , and also " two leopards or tigers , " the antiquarian was no zoolo- gist , " three eagles , two owls , two cats of the mountains and a jackal . In spite of her miserable quarters she had lived to a good ...
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... tells us how he took boat from Richmond at four o'clock in the morning and fell in with a fleet of gardeners bound for the several market ports of London . He landed with ten sail of apricock boats at Strand bridge , after having put in ...
... tells us how he took boat from Richmond at four o'clock in the morning and fell in with a fleet of gardeners bound for the several market ports of London . He landed with ten sail of apricock boats at Strand bridge , after having put in ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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