...as pondering sorrowfully, till the belman came by with his bell, under his window, as he was writing this very line, and cried, " Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning !" His next step in office was decisive of his fate ; he was invitedJB-accompuny his patron sir Edward...

...themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing, and only used by prostitutes. Evelyn. 1660. Jan. 16. I staid up till the bellman came by with his bell just under my window, and cried " Past one of the clock, and a cold frosty window morning." When friends parted, they said,...

...began to paint themselves, formerly a most ignominious thing, and only used by wanton women. 1660. Jan. I staid up till the bellman came by with his bell just under my window, and cried, ' Past one of the clock and a cold frosty winter morning.' When friends parted, they said,...

...brother-in-law to Lord Brooke, who was killed at Lichfield. 8 Probably, Colonel Morley, Lieutenant of the Tower. And how the Chamberlain of the City did take them..."Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning."1 17th. In our way to Kensington we understood how 1 This reminds us of Milton — " Or the...

...revolving the measure in his mind, trying to fathom the motives with which the offer is made, until ' the bellman came by with his bell just under my window...cried, " Past one of the clock, and a cold frosty morning." ' The life led by him at this period was an odd mixture of business and pleasure. The days...

...notice of the bellman, some years later than Milton's allusion, in Pepys's Diary (1659-60, Jan. 16) : " I staid up till the bellman came by with his bell...under my window, as I was writing of this very line; 'past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning.'" What could our forefathers have been made...

...the morning I went up to Mr. Crewe's, who did talk to me concerning things of State; and erpressed his mind how just it was that the secluded members...of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning." 1 17th. In our way to Kensington we understood how that my Lord Chesterfield 5 had killed another gentleman...

...swine-pox ; so I played a game or two at cards with her. 16th. In the morning I went up to Mr. Crewe'e, who did talk to me concerning things of State ; and..." Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning."1 17th. In our way to Kensington we understood how that my Lord Chesterfield2 had killed another...

...bethink myself how to carry this business. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell iust under my window as I was writing of this very line,...Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy, morning."2 17th. In our way to Kensington we understood how that my Lord Chesterfield2 had killed another...

...and drank a pint of wine, and so parted, and thence home, where I found my wife and mayde a-washing. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell...of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning." I then went to bed, and left my wife and the mayde a-washing still. 17th. Early I went to Mr. Crew's,...