London Scenes and London People: Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Sketches of Places, Personages, Events, Customs, and Curiosities of London City, Past and Present |
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... wine was excellent old sherry . We had never raised such a beaker to our lips before . The fashioner must have been dead more than shree centuries . Bright eyes have oft been reflected in that cup - beauty , rank , and wisdom have oft ...
... wine was excellent old sherry . We had never raised such a beaker to our lips before . The fashioner must have been dead more than shree centuries . Bright eyes have oft been reflected in that cup - beauty , rank , and wisdom have oft ...
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... wines to a great extent . Indeed , the wines of the South of France were then the common drink of her people — the favourite beverage of the million , beer , being at that time completely unknown . Possibly tho next generation , should ...
... wines to a great extent . Indeed , the wines of the South of France were then the common drink of her people — the favourite beverage of the million , beer , being at that time completely unknown . Possibly tho next generation , should ...
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... wine- what then ? Are not our tastes similar ? I fancy the City state coach has rumbled from Guildhall to Westminster on about 150 November days . Are the years of the Corpo- ration numbered ? If a new Civic Reform Bill becomes law ...
... wine- what then ? Are not our tastes similar ? I fancy the City state coach has rumbled from Guildhall to Westminster on about 150 November days . Are the years of the Corpo- ration numbered ? If a new Civic Reform Bill becomes law ...
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... wine or sulphuric acid ? On such , or similar accounts , the per - centage required varies from fifteen to forty , and , in extremely hazardous cases , to fifty , or even more . Nor must you expect a single underwriter to take the whole ...
... wine or sulphuric acid ? On such , or similar accounts , the per - centage required varies from fifteen to forty , and , in extremely hazardous cases , to fifty , or even more . Nor must you expect a single underwriter to take the whole ...
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... wine licence will be a boon , for then , in addition , hock , claret , or champagne will be attainable . The economical might surely have their beer permitted on the same terms . Why should the licensed victuallers be more protected ...
... wine licence will be a boon , for then , in addition , hock , claret , or champagne will be attainable . The economical might surely have their beer permitted on the same terms . Why should the licensed victuallers be more protected ...
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Page 199 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 200 - ... they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone Was able to make the two next companies Right witty; though but downright fools, mere wise.
Page 169 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 204 - Chaucer's worst ribaldry is learn'd by rote, And beastly Skelton heads of houses quote; One likes no language but the Faery Queen; A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o...
Page 70 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Page 109 - I yield thee most hearty thanks that thou hast given me life thus long to finish this work to the glory of thy name!
Page 167 - The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited to those plentiful old times, Before our modern luxuries arose, With truffles and ragouts, and various crimes ; And therefore, from the original in prose I shall arrange the catalogue in rhymes : They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores, ** Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard...
Page 203 - He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us ; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true...
Page 288 - prentices, bakers, brewers, butchers, draymen, and what not; and all these fellows one with another cursing and betting. I soon had enough of it.
Page 199 - But that which most doth take my Muse and me Is a pure cup of rich canary wine, Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine; Of which had Horace or Anacreon tasted, Their lives, as do their lines, till now had lasted.