A walk from London to Fulham, revised and ed. by T.F.D. Croker1860 - 80 sider |
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... grove repre- sented by a few dead trunks and some unhealthy - looking trees which stand by the road - side , their branches lopped and their growth restrained by order of the district sur- veyor ; and Brompton National School , nearly ...
... grove repre- sented by a few dead trunks and some unhealthy - looking trees which stand by the road - side , their branches lopped and their growth restrained by order of the district sur- veyor ; and Brompton National School , nearly ...
Side 43
... Grove now consists of two rows of houses , standing a little way back from the main road , between which rows there was a green space ( 1811 ) , now occupied by shops , which range close to the footway , and have a street , called Grove ...
... Grove now consists of two rows of houses , standing a little way back from the main road , between which rows there was a green space ( 1811 ) , now occupied by shops , which range close to the footway , and have a street , called Grove ...
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... Grove consisted of three houses only in 1844 , numbered 8 , 9 , and 10 ; the 11 of former days being of superior size , and once known as " Grove House . " The 12 , which stood a considerable way behind it , as the Hermitage , " and the ...
... Grove consisted of three houses only in 1844 , numbered 8 , 9 , and 10 ; the 11 of former days being of superior size , and once known as " Grove House . " The 12 , which stood a considerable way behind it , as the Hermitage , " and the ...
Side 45
... Grove House ( called in 1809 and 1810 , as already men . tioned , No. 11 Brompton Grove ) , was , for many years , the residence of Sir John Macpherson , Bart .; and here he died , at an advanced age , on the 12th of January , 1821 . In ...
... Grove House ( called in 1809 and 1810 , as already men . tioned , No. 11 Brompton Grove ) , was , for many years , the residence of Sir John Macpherson , Bart .; and here he died , at an advanced age , on the 12th of January , 1821 . In ...
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... Grove House of Mr. Hugh Boyd rests chiefly that gentleman's claim to be considered as one of the many authors of Junius . ' His host , having temporarily retired from table , Boyd's words were , " that Sir John Macpherson little knew he ...
... Grove House of Mr. Hugh Boyd rests chiefly that gentleman's claim to be considered as one of the many authors of Junius . ' His host , having temporarily retired from table , Boyd's words were , " that Sir John Macpherson little knew he ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
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Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.