Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources, Band 1Chatto & Windus, 1882 |
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... Town and country education - Pastry schools -Dancing - Toasts ' The little Whig ' - Madame Spanheim CHAPTER III . MARRIAGE . on Eloping with heiresses - Marriage between children - Tax bachelors - Valentines - Marriage settlements - Pin ...
... Town and country education - Pastry schools -Dancing - Toasts ' The little Whig ' - Madame Spanheim CHAPTER III . MARRIAGE . on Eloping with heiresses - Marriage between children - Tax bachelors - Valentines - Marriage settlements - Pin ...
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... - Bowling greens - Formal garden- ing - Clipping trees - Books on gardening - Trees and Flowers -Town and country life - Country labourers 315 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME . THE NURSERY ( Steele's xii CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME .
... - Bowling greens - Formal garden- ing - Clipping trees - Books on gardening - Trees and Flowers -Town and country life - Country labourers 315 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME . THE NURSERY ( Steele's xii CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME .
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... Town and Country . ' Prima facie , the lady would seem to have made out her case ; but there were other aspirants to fame - as the following notice 2 will show : -- ' ADVERTISEMENT . ' Forasmuch as Mrs. Elizabeth Daffy has lately ...
... Town and Country . ' Prima facie , the lady would seem to have made out her case ; but there were other aspirants to fame - as the following notice 2 will show : -- ' ADVERTISEMENT . ' Forasmuch as Mrs. Elizabeth Daffy has lately ...
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... town . Some have arrived to so great knowledge , that they can tell every time a butcher kills a calf , every time any old woman's cat is in the straw ; and a thousand matters as important . One ancient philosopher contemplates two or ...
... town . Some have arrived to so great knowledge , that they can tell every time a butcher kills a calf , every time any old woman's cat is in the straw ; and a thousand matters as important . One ancient philosopher contemplates two or ...
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... town , and quick motion of his horses out of it , now to Bath , now to Tunbridge , then to Newmarket , and then to London , he has , in process of time , brought it to pass , that his coach and his horses have been mentioned in all ...
... town , and quick motion of his horses out of it , now to Bath , now to Tunbridge , then to Newmarket , and then to London , he has , in process of time , brought it to pass , that his coach and his horses have been mentioned in all ...
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Seite 49 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Seite 224 - And it is agreed by us the insurers that this writing or policy of assurance shall be of as much force and effect as the surest writing or policy of assurance heretofore made in Lombard Street or in the Royal Exchange or elsewhere in London.
Seite 171 - ABOUT the middle of last winter I went to see an opera at the theatre in the Hay-Market, where I could not but take notice of two parties of very fine women, that had placed themselves in the opposite side boxes, and seemed drawn up in a kind of battle array one against another.
Seite 312 - Hare or a Pheasant: He knocks down a Dinner with his Gun twice or thrice a Week; and by that means lives much cheaper than those who have not so good an Estate as himself. He would be a good Neighbour if he did not destroy so many Partridges: in short, he is a very sensible Man; shoots flying; and has been several times Foreman of the Petty Jury. The other that rides along with him is Tom Touchy, a Fellow famous for taking the Law of every Body.
Seite 171 - ... were placed in those different situations as party-signals to distinguish friends from foes. In the middle boxes, between these two opposite bodies, were several ladies who patched indifferently on both sides of their faces, and seemed to sit there with no other intention but to see the opera. Upon inquiry I found that the body of amazons on my right hand were Whigs, and those on my left Tories...
Seite 326 - The Tower of Babel, not yet finished. St. George in box : his arm scarce long enough, but will be in a condition to stick the dragon by next April.
Seite 249 - Instead of the brave, rough English admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain, gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state.
Seite 171 - After a short survey of them, I found they were patched differently ; the faces, on one hand, being spotted on the right side of the forehead, and those upon the other on the left : I quickly perceived that they cast hostile glances upon one another; and that their patches were placed in those different situations, as party-signals to distinguish friends from foes...
Seite 219 - Every man about him has, perhaps, a newspaper in his hand; but none can pretend to guess what step will be taken in any one court of Europe, till Mr. Beaver has thrown down his pipe, and declares what measures the allies must enter into upon this new posture of affairs. Our coffee-house...
Seite 326 - Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush.