The History of Signboards: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayJ.C. Hotten, 1866 - 536 من الصفحات |
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... Bell , the Swan , & c . Still greater variety in the construction of the signs existed in France ; for besides the painted signs in the iron frames , the shopkeepers in Paris , according to H. Sauval , ( " Antiquités de la Ville de ...
... Bell , the Swan , & c . Still greater variety in the construction of the signs existed in France ; for besides the painted signs in the iron frames , the shopkeepers in Paris , according to H. Sauval , ( " Antiquités de la Ville de ...
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... Bell , King Harry Head , the Flower - de- luce , Angel , the Holy Lambe , the Bear and Harroe , the Plough , the Shippe , the Black Bell , another King Harry Head , the Bull Head , the Golden Bull , ' a sixpenny ordinarye , ' another ...
... Bell , King Harry Head , the Flower - de- luce , Angel , the Holy Lambe , the Bear and Harroe , the Plough , the Shippe , the Black Bell , another King Harry Head , the Bull Head , the Golden Bull , ' a sixpenny ordinarye , ' another ...
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... Bell and the Neat's Tongue , the Dog and the Gridiron . The Fox and the Goose may be supposed to have met , but what has the Fox and the Seven Stars to do together ? And when did the Lamb and Dolphin ever meet except upon a signpost ...
... Bell and the Neat's Tongue , the Dog and the Gridiron . The Fox and the Goose may be supposed to have met , but what has the Fox and the Seven Stars to do together ? And when did the Lamb and Dolphin ever meet except upon a signpost ...
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... Bell Savage , which is the sign of a savage man standing by a bell , I was formerly very much puzzled upon the conceit of it , till I accidentally fell into the reading of an old romance translated out of the French , which gives an ...
... Bell Savage , which is the sign of a savage man standing by a bell , I was formerly very much puzzled upon the conceit of it , till I accidentally fell into the reading of an old romance translated out of the French , which gives an ...
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... Bells , should I see her approach , I skip like a Nag and jump into The Coach . She is crimson and white like a Shoulder of Mutton , Not the red of The Ox was so bright when first put on ; Like The Hollybush prickles she scratches my ...
... Bells , should I see her approach , I skip like a Nag and jump into The Coach . She is crimson and white like a Shoulder of Mutton , Not the red of The Ox was so bright when first put on ; Like The Hollybush prickles she scratches my ...
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الصفحة 226 - With the best gamesters : 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...
الصفحة 300 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
الصفحة 483 - At the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
الصفحة 431 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
الصفحة 281 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be remembered.
الصفحة 92 - ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER, Who sickened in the time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by reason of the Plague Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he...
الصفحة 400 - The next observed that the word 'makes' might as well be omitted, because his customers would not care who made the hats. If good and to their mind they would buy, by whomsoever made. He struck it out. A third said he thought the words 'for ready money' were useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit.
الصفحة 17 - If drawn by business to a street unknown, Let the sworn porter point thee through the town ; Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain, Like faithful landmarks, to the walking train.
الصفحة 478 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.