...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...

...differences. Thus, without note or comment, he enters the following as an extraordinary item of news: " In our way to Kensington, we understood how that my...another gentleman about half an hour before, and was lied." In another rencontre, one of the combatants was suspected of having worn armour ; for his antagonist's...

...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,...

...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,...

...confess I was at a great loss all the day after to bethink myself how to carry this business. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell just under..."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...

...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 just 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...

...confess I was at a great loss all the day after to bethink myself how to carry this business. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell just under...our way to Kensington we understood how that my Lord Chesterfield2 had killed another gentleman about 1 This reminds us of Milton — " Or the bellman's...

...confess I was at a great loss all the day after to bethink myself how to carry this business. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell just under...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...

...confess I was at a great loss all the day after to bethink myself how to carry this business. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell just under..." 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...