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" ... which are cleared away altogether, and above the shop, of ordinary normal position, by the road-side ; and thus, the back drawing-rooms, or whatever else they may be, are turned into more shops; and great is the puzzle of the stranger as to whether... "
The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad - Page 2
by Albert Smith - 1854 - 498 pages
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ...

680 pages
...under the pavement ; and then it reminds him of a Thames-side tavern, with all the shutter-wainscots, that divide the large convivial room into so many little philandering ones, drawn away, and the window* knocked out. And finally he arrives at the conclusion that (here is nothing else in the world...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.

John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...under the pavement ; and then it reminds him of a Thames-side tavern, with all the shutter-wainscots, that divide the large convivial room into so many...drawn away, and the windows knocked out. And finally ho arrives at the conclusion that there IB nothing else in the world at all like it, except the prints...
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Black's Picturesque Guide to Wales: North and South, & Monmouth-shire

1870 - 526 pages
...more shops ; and great is the puzzle of the stranger as to whether the roadway is down in the celler, or he is up stairs on the landing, or the house has...philandering ones, drawn away, and the windows knocked out." The tourist should not fail to observe the Bridges across the Dee ; the New or Grosvenor Bridge, a...
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London Bicycle Club Gazette, Volume 5

1882 - 276 pages
...great is the puzzle of the stranger as to whether the roadway is down in the cellar, or he is upstairs on the landing, or the house has turned itself out...philandering ones, drawn away, and the windows knocked out." The walls encircle the city, and can be walked round in about half an hour. From one of the towers...
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Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales

Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1883 - 408 pages
...rows given in Christopher Tadpole : — " The passenger's footway lies right through the first-floor fronts of the houses — which are cleared away altogether,...philandering ones, drawn away, and the windows knocked out." The tourist should not fail to observe the Bridges across the Dee ; the New or Orosroenor Bridge, a...
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Picturesque Guide to North Wales

Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1891 - 420 pages
...rows given in Christopher Tadpole : — " The passenger's footway lies right through the first-floor fronts of the houses— which are cleared away altogether,...philandering ones, drawn away, and the windows knocked out." The Dee is crossed by the New or Grosvenor Bridge, a noble stone structure of a single arch 200 feet...
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The Stranger's Handbook to Chester, Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castles, and ...

George Ashdown Audsley - 1908 - 206 pages
...of that curious state of domestic affairs so often spoken of. "And first he fancies the 'Rows' — as it is termed — is like the Quadrant, with the...nothing else in the world at all like it, except the prints published by the enterprising booksellers who live there. But very convenient is this arrangement...
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The Sportsman

666 pages
...under the pavement ; and then it reminds him of a Thames-side tavern, with all the shutter-wainscots, that divide the large convivial room into so many...drawn away, and the windows knocked out. And finally ho arrives at the conclusion that there is nothing else in the world at all like it, except the prints...
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