Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... town in the year 1770. This showed the " new buildings , the new roads , and late alterations by opening of the new streets and widening of others . " All the improvements and extensions , in fact , which made Smollett declare some ...
... town in the year 1770. This showed the " new buildings , the new roads , and late alterations by opening of the new streets and widening of others . " All the improvements and extensions , in fact , which made Smollett declare some ...
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... Town Eclogues of 1772 lamented this encroachment of the town upon the country . In vain alas shall City bards resort For pastoral images to Tottenham Court . It was , however , purely a ribbon development and there were fields , woods ...
... Town Eclogues of 1772 lamented this encroachment of the town upon the country . In vain alas shall City bards resort For pastoral images to Tottenham Court . It was , however , purely a ribbon development and there were fields , woods ...
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... 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 Francis Grundel , and Lord and Lady Galway who go this evening to an inn ten miles out ...
... 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 Francis Grundel , and Lord and Lady Galway who go this evening to an inn ten miles out ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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