as the only true and real emporium for second-hand wearing apparel. Monmouth-street is venerable from its antiquity, and respectable from its usefulness. Holywell-street we despise ; the red-headed and red-whiskered Jews who forcibly haul you into their... Sketches by Boz - Page 66by Charles Dickens - 1908 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dickens - 1843 - 524 pages
...Mnnmouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for secondhand wearing apparel. Monmonth-street is venerable from its antiquity, and respectable from...red-headed and red-whiskered Jews who forcibly haul yon into their squalid houses, and thrust you into a suit of clothes, whether you will or not, we detest.... | |
| Charles Dickens - England - 1850 - 334 pages
...MEDITATION» IN MOXMOUTII-STEEET. WE have always entertained a particular attachment towards Monmouthstreet, as the only true and real emporium for second-hand...wearing apparel. Monmouth-street is venerable from its antiquity,and respectable from ita usefulness. Holywell-street we despise ; the red-headed and redwhiskered... | |
| Henry Mayhew - Charities - 1851 - 416 pages
...same author says :— " We have always entertained a particular attachment towards Monmouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for second-hand...red-whiskered Jews who forcibly haul you into their squalid bouses, and thrust you into a suit of clothes whether you will or not, we detest. " The inhabitants... | |
| Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 580 pages
...same author says :— " We have always entertained a particular attachment towards Moninouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for second-hand...wearing apparel. Monmouth-street is venerable from ita antiquity, and respectable from its usefulness. Holy well-street we despise ; the red-headed and... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1867 - 372 pages
...MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET. WE have always entertained a particular attachment towards Monmouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for second-hand...suit of clothes, whether you will or not, we detest. We have hinted at the antiquity of our favourite spot. "A Monmouth-street laced coat " was a by-word... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1871 - 614 pages
...MEDITATIONS IX MONMOUTH-STREET. WE have always entertained a particular attachment towards Monmouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for second-hand...whether you will or not, we detest. The inhabitants of Monmouth-street are a distinct class ; a peaceable and retiring race, who immure themselves for the... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pages
...Monmouth Street is venerable from its antiquity, and respectable from its usefulness. Holywell Street we despise ; the redheaded and red-whiskered Jews...whether you will or not, we detest. The inhabitants of Monmouth Street are a distinct class ; a peaceable and retiring race, who immure themselves for the... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1883 - 666 pages
...respectable from its usefulness. Holywell Street we despise ; the redheaded and red-whiskered Jews xvho forcibly haul you into their squalid houses, and thrust...whether you will or not, we detest. The inhabitants of Monmouth Street are a distinct class ; a peaceable and retiring race, who immure themselves for the... | |
| Alexander John Philip - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1909 - 454 pages
...the fifty-bladed knives. JEWS. In Holywell Street. 8. BB, Scenes vi. Red-headed, and red-whiskered, who forcibly haul you into their squalid houses, and...you into a suit of clothes, whether you will or not. JEWS. Lenders of fancy dresses. 8. BB, Scenes xiii. A sure passport to the amateur stage. JIBBS. MP,... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1914 - 712 pages
...MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET WE have always entertained a particular attachment towards Monmouth-street, as the only true and real emporium for secondhand...whether you will or not, we detest. The inhabitants of Monmouth-street are a distinct class ; a peaceable and retiring race, who immure themselves for the... | |
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