Public Domain
Who has journeyed on the Exeter road without noticing the town of STAINES, with its host of antiquarian associations--as the _Stana_ (Saxon) or London Stone,[1] its ancient bridge, for the repair of which three oaks out of Windsor Forest were granted by the crown in the year 1...
The portrait of Dr. Greendale is of high finish--full of the truth and amiability of the Christian character--one who regarded the false distinctions of society in their proper...
1. Chapter 1Who has journeyed on the Exeter road without noticing the town of STAINES, with its host of antiquarian associations--as the _Stana_ (Saxon) or London Stone,[1] its ancient brid...
2. Chapter 2Certainly not the least to be deprecated are the "ladies' present dresses;" the extravagances of which are not confined to the head, but are exhibited also all down the arm (not...
4. Chapter 4Two dustmen were lately disputing the difference between _bishop_ and _negus_. "Don't you know?" said one of them; "I vonders at your ignorance-- vy bishop is made all vine vith...