The two great national theatres on one side, a churchyard full of mouldy but undying celebrities on the other ; a fringe of houses studded in every part with anecdote or history ; an arcade often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - 517 psl.redagavo - 1903Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 804 psl.
...houses Btudden in every part with aneedote and history, a colonnade often more gloomy aud deserted than a cathedral aisle, a rich cluster of brown old taverns — one of them filled with the counterfeit presentment of many actors long since silent — who scowl or smile once more from the canvas upon... | |
| John Timbs - 1865 - 338 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote and history; a colonnade, often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle; a rich cluster of brown old taverns — one of them filled with the counterfeit presentment of many actors long since silent, who scowl or smile once more from the canvas upon the... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote and history ; an arcade, often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich cluster of brown old taverns — one of them filled with the counterfeit presentment of many actors long since silent, who scowl or smile once more from the canvas upon the... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote or history ; an arcade often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich cluster of brown old taverns...presentments of many actors long since silent ; who scowl and smile once more from the canvas upon the grandsons of their dead admirers ; a something in the... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 522 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote or history ; an arcade often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich cluster of brown old taverns...presentments of many actors long since silent ; who scowl and smile once more from the canvas upon the grandsons of their dead admirers ; a something in the... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote and history; an arcade, often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich cluster of brown old taverns — one of them filled with the counterfeit presentment of many actors long since silent, who scowl or smile once more from the canvas upon the... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - 1882 - 608 psl.
...them filled with the counterfeit presentment of many actors long since silent, who scowl or srailu once more from the canvas upon the grandsons of their dead admirers; a something in tbe air which breathes of old books, old pictures, old painU-rs, and old authors ; a place beyond all... | |
| Richard Lovett - 1890 - 244 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote or history, an arcade often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle, a rich cluster of brown old taverns...presentments of many actors long since silent, who scowl and smile once more from the canvas upon the grandsons of their dead admirers — a something in the... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 240 psl.
...houses studded in every part with anecdote or history ; an arcade often more gloomy and deserted than a cathedral aisle ; a rich cluster of brown old taverns...presentments of many actors long since silent, who scowl and smile once more from the canvas upon the grandsons of their dead admirers ; a something in the... | |
| Richard Lovett - 1890 - 244 psl.
...one of them filled with the counterfeit presentments of many actors long since silent, who scowl and smile once more from the canvas upon the grandsons...something in the air which breathes of old books, old painters, and old authors ; a place beyond all other places one would choose in which to hear the chimes... | |
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