London SouvenirsChatto & Windus, 1899 - 354 páginas |
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... taken the pas of White's . . . the young men of the age lose £ 10,000 , £ 15,000 , £ 20,000 in an evening . ' The play at this club was only for rouleaux of £ 50 each , and generally there was £ 10,000 in gold on the table . The ...
... taken the pas of White's . . . the young men of the age lose £ 10,000 , £ 15,000 , £ 20,000 in an evening . ' The play at this club was only for rouleaux of £ 50 each , and generally there was £ 10,000 in gold on the table . The ...
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... taken by a joint - stock company as an auction - room , and now it is again a club - house , known as the Devonshire Club . We referred above to Watier's Club . It was estab- lished in 1807 , at the instigation of the Prince of Wales ...
... taken by a joint - stock company as an auction - room , and now it is again a club - house , known as the Devonshire Club . We referred above to Watier's Club . It was estab- lished in 1807 , at the instigation of the Prince of Wales ...
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... taken a turn of gaming , Sandwich , to make his court - and fortune- carries a box and dice in his pocket ; and so they throw a main whenever the hounds are at fault , upon every green hill and under every green tree . ' Five years ...
... taken a turn of gaming , Sandwich , to make his court - and fortune- carries a box and dice in his pocket ; and so they throw a main whenever the hounds are at fault , upon every green hill and under every green tree . ' Five years ...
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... taken up for robbery , George Selwyn said : ' What a horrid idea he will give of us to the people in Newgate ! Certes , some of the highwaymen in that prison were not such robbers and scoundrels as some of the aristocratic members of ...
... taken up for robbery , George Selwyn said : ' What a horrid idea he will give of us to the people in Newgate ! Certes , some of the highwaymen in that prison were not such robbers and scoundrels as some of the aristocratic members of ...
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... taken down by Lord Kil- morey during his occupancy of Orleans House , near which it stood . Another of the constant visitors at Strawberry Hill was Lady Suffolk , Pope's Chloe . ' She was married to the Hon . Charles Howard , from whom ...
... taken down by Lord Kil- morey during his occupancy of Orleans House , near which it stood . Another of the constant visitors at Strawberry Hill was Lady Suffolk , Pope's Chloe . ' She was married to the Hon . Charles Howard , from whom ...
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Página 280 - I, AB, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God!
Página 4 - They have put in the papers a good story made on White's: a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.
Página 270 - Juries have declared that they felt it impossible to remove their looks from him when he had riveted and, as it were, fascinated them by his first glance...
Página 19 - ... em. Did I tell you Lady Mary Wortley is here ? She laughs at my Lady Walpole, scolds my Lady Pomfret, and is laughed at by the whole town. Her dress, her avarice, and her impudence must amaze any one that never heard her name. She wears a foul mob, that does not cover her greasy black locks, that hang loose, never combed or curled ; an old mazarine blue wrapper, that gapes open and discovers a canvas petticoat. Her face swelled violently on one side...
Página 293 - WHENCE deathless KIT-CAT took its name, Few critics can unriddle : Some say from PASTRYCOOK it came, And some, from CAT and FIDDLE. From no trim beaux its name it boasts, Gray statesmen, or green wits ; But from this pellmell pack of toasts Of old CATS and young KITS.
Página 341 - Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread. When they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we were told she was a countess), and along with her a married one, bearing a tasting knife.
Página 11 - Galway, who go this evening to an inn ten miles out of town, where they are to play at brag till five in the morning, and then come back — I suppose, to look for the bones of their husbands and families under the rubbish.
Página 33 - By spending threepence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company ; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on bread and milk for a penny, and do without supper. On clean-shirtday he went abroad, and paid visits.
Página 341 - ... had prostrated herself three times, in the most graceful manner approached the table, and rubbed the plates with bread and salt, with as much awe, as if the Queen had been present...
Página 89 - The particular talents by which these misanthropes are distinguished from one another, consist in the various kinds of barbarities which they execute upon their prisoners. Some are celebrated for a happy dexterity in tipping the lion upon them; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face, and boring out the eyes with their fingers...