Tom & Jerry: Life in London, Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis |
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acquaintance admiration ALMACK'S amusement appearance arrived beauty BOB LOGIC Bow Street character circumstance Corinthian House CORINTHIAN KATE CORINTHIAN TOM Cyprian dance dashing dear Coz delightful displayed Don Giovanni dress elegant endeavoured exclaimed eyes fashion father favour feelings fellow felt female fortune gentleman George Cruikshank girls give glass grand hand happy Hawthorn Hall heart heroes honour JERRY JERRY'S lady lark laughing LETHE likewise lively London look looking-glass Lord LUKE HANSARD manner MARCHIONESS MARQUIS Masquerade Metropolis mind never night numerous observed Opera Oxonian painted pawnbrokers peep persons Pierce Egan Plate pleasure poor portraits possessed prime PRIMEFIT replied respecting rich scarcely scene singing slavey smiling society soon sort splendid sporting spree Street talents taste TATTERSALL'S termed Theatre thee thou Tom and Jerry town TRIFLE TRIO Westminster Pit wine
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Page xvii - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 200 - When now I think you can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine are blanch'd with fear.
Page 215 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 19 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Page 121 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter...
Page 170 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page xiv - REAL LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall. By an Amateur (Pierce Egan). With 31 Coloured Plates by Alken and Rowlandson, etc.
Page 121 - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made...
Page 121 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please : How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene...
Page 357 - I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.