 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 702 páginas
...are not asthmatic, is when some heedless urchin tumbles down a chimney, or an impertinent passenger peeps into a garret window. At the eastern extremity...the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole ;" modern refinement subsequently euphonized the name into " Eaststreet : " but what 's... | |
 | 1849 - 468 páginas
...running np and down stairs ; and the only inconvenience at all felt by such of its inhabitants as are nan asthmatic, is when some heedless urchin tumbles down...impertinent pedestrian peeps into a garret window." This account, although somewhat exaggerated in detail, is not far from the truth. A recent tourist,... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 páginas
...been detected in the district. Not many miles removed from the verge of this recondite region, stands a collection of houses, which its maligners call a...the good old times, a row of houses then denominated "Frog-hole." Modern refinement subsequently euphonized the name into " East-street ;" but what 's in... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 334 páginas
...been detected in the district. Not many miles removed from the verge of this recondite region, stands a collection of houses, which its maligners call a...extremity of the town, on the seabeach, and scarcely above high water mark, stood, in the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole." Modern... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 340 páginas
...been detected in the district. Not many miles removed from the verge of this recondite region, stands a collection of houses, which its maligners call a...extremity of the town, on the seabeach, and scarcely above high water mark, stood, in the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole." Modern... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 378 páginas
...alleys,—fanciful distinctions without much real difference,—are agreeable enough to persons wh& do not mind running up and down stairs; and the only...the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole." Modern refinement subsequently euphonized the name into " East-street;" but " what's... | |
 | Richard Harris Barham - 1856 - 492 páginas
...been detected in the district. Not many miles removed from the verge of this recondite region, stands a collection of houses, which its maligners call a...extremity of the town, on the seabeach, and scarcely above high water mark, stood, in the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole." Modern... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1856 - 486 páginas
...seventy. Its streets, lanes, and alleys,—fanciful distinctions without much real difference,—are agreeable enough to persons who do not mind running...extremity of the town, on the seabeach, and scarcely above high water mark, stood, in the good old times, a row of houses then denominated " Frog-hole." Modern... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1861 - 558 páginas
...much real difference, — are agreeable enough to persons who do not mind running up and down stain ; and the only inconvenience at all felt by such of...the good old times, a row of houses then denominated ' Prog-hole.' Modern refinement subsequently euphonised the name into 4 East-street ;' but ' what's... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1865 - 542 páginas
...running up and down stairs ; and the only inconvenience at all felt by such of its inhabitants as arc not asthmatic, is when some heedless urchin tumbles...the good old times, a row of houses then denominated ' Frog-hole.' Modern refinement subsequently euphonised the name into ' East-street ;' but 'what's... | |
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Rome stood on seven hills ; Folkestone seems to have been built upon seventy. Its streets, lanes, and alleys, — fanciful distinctions without much real difference, — are agreeable enough to persons who do not mind running up and down stairs ; and... 
