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Old and New London
… river, from the first volume of Once a Week, based on the quaint expression of Leland, who speaks of London as "a praty … the foot of a long narrow stair, leading up through quaint old blocks of building overhanging the river. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Street, which had tiled roofs and good interiors, and the quaint shuttered shops in Peascod Street, have been pulled …
Old and New London
… is quoted from an old writer, whose style at least is quaint and amusing, Sir George Buc:"Clement's Inne was a … "Haunted London" says of Holborn Hill "The street curves quaint, And cumbrous sign-boards creak on left and right." …
Old and New London
… Drury Lane, nearly opposite to Drury or Craven House, is a quaint old gabled house, with its pents still remaining. A …
Old and New London
… anti-heretical indictments have not been drawn up in that quaint enclosure. The immortal pump, which stands as a …
Old and New London
… and are now at Grimston. A fourth was a most singular quaint helmet, probably as early as the time of Stephen, if …
Old and New London
… and since the Reformation. Then we will saunter about the quaint old suburban village of Hammersmith, with its …
Old and New London
… Company at elections, funerals, obits, and pageants were quaint, friendly, and clubable enough. Every year, at Lady …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which is a long ornamental panel 64 with carved border and quaint inscriptions: NO MAN ON EARTH CAN TE LL THE TORMENT …