A walk from London to Fulham, revised and ed. by T.F.D. Croker1860 - 80 páginas |
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... Fulham , ' there have been many important changes on the road : time has con- tinued to efface interesting associations ; more old houses have been pulled down , new ones built up , and great alterations and improvements have taken ...
... Fulham , ' there have been many important changes on the road : time has con- tinued to efface interesting associations ; more old houses have been pulled down , new ones built up , and great alterations and improvements have taken ...
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... Road , Old Brompton , on the 8th of August , 1854 , aged 57 , and was buried in the private grave of his father - in - law , Mr. Francis Nicholson , in the Brompton Cemetery , a sketch of which , by Mr. Fairholt , appears in these pages ...
... Road , Old Brompton , on the 8th of August , 1854 , aged 57 , and was buried in the private grave of his father - in - law , Mr. Francis Nicholson , in the Brompton Cemetery , a sketch of which , by Mr. Fairholt , appears in these pages ...
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... backwards over the same ground every day , as dull and wearisome ; but I cannot sympathise with them . On the contrary , I find that the more constantly any particular line of road is adhered to. A WALK FROM LONDON TO FULHAM. ...
... backwards over the same ground every day , as dull and wearisome ; but I cannot sympathise with them . On the contrary , I find that the more constantly any particular line of road is adhered to. A WALK FROM LONDON TO FULHAM. ...
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Thomas Crofton Croker Thomas Francis Dillon Croker. more constantly any particular line of road is adhered to , the more intimate an acquaintance with it is formed , and the more interesting it becomes . In some measure , this may be ...
Thomas Crofton Croker Thomas Francis Dillon Croker. more constantly any particular line of road is adhered to , the more intimate an acquaintance with it is formed , and the more interesting it becomes . In some measure , this may be ...
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... and remarkable as adjacent to the country seat of the Bishop of London , two smaller villages , called Walham Green and Parson's Green . The former of which stands on the main London road , KNIGHTSBRIDGE TO BROMPTON . 23.
... and remarkable as adjacent to the country seat of the Bishop of London , two smaller villages , called Walham Green and Parson's Green . The former of which stands on the main London road , KNIGHTSBRIDGE TO BROMPTON . 23.
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral afterwards ancient appears artist Bartolozzi Baylis became Bishop of London Bradshaigh Brompton Grove Brompton Row built called Charles Church Cottage Craven Cottage Crescent Crofton Croker curious death died drawing-room Earl England engraved Faulkner feet formerly garden gentleman girth Golden Lion ground Grove House Hammersmith Hans Place honourable Hook Kensington King's Road Knightsbridge Lady Lane late letter literary Little Chelsea Lodge London Lord Lord Shaftesbury Luttrell Lysons Madame main Fulham Road mansion memory mentioned Michael's Place Miss Landon Munster House North End occupied Old Brompton opposite Ozias Humphrey painted parish Park Parson's Green portrait present Pryor's Bank public-house published remarkable residence Riego Robert Lowth Rosamond's Bower Royal says Schiavonetti Shaftesbury side Sir John Sir Walter sketch Sloane Street Square stood Street Theodore Hook Thomas Thomas Crofton Croker tion tree Villa Walham Green walk wall widow William
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Página 184 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
Página 29 - Each home-felt joy that life inherits here; Yet from the same we learn, in its decline, Those joys, those loves, those interests, to resign; Taught, half by reason, half by mere decay, To welcome death, and calmly pass away.
Página 112 - Her lips were red; and one was thin Compared to that was next her chin (Some bee had stung it newly) ; But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Página 182 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Página 244 - THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST. TRANSLATED ALMOST LITERALLY OUT OF THE ORIGINAL IRISH. 1720. O ROURKE'S noble fare Will ne'er be forgot By those who were there, Or those who were not.
Página 184 - It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politic superiority ; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty ; no contracts, no successions, no...
Página 102 - Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and Comical Adventures of the most famous Gamesters and celebrated Sharpers in the Reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., and Queen Anne...
Página 205 - ... five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his coat usually...
Página 206 - ... eye, too often overclouded by mistiness from the head : by chance lively — very lively it will be, if he have hope of seeing a lady whom he loves and honours : his eye always on the ladies...
Página 33 - I see it now, that homely -looking, almost uncomfortable room, fronting the street, and barely furnished with a simple white bed, at the foot of which was a small, old, oblongshaped, sort of dressing-table, quite covered with a common worn writing-desk, heaped with papers, while some strewed the Attic, No.