 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 584 Seiten
...Farewell. 1 Addison had previously said of the tradesmen's sign-boards (Spectator, No. 28) : — " Our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans,...red lions ; not to mention flying pigs, and hogs in armour." Six years after Goldsmith wrote most of the signs disappeared, the system of numbering houses... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 584 Seiten
...Farewell. 1 Addison had previously said of the tradesmen's sign-boards (Spectator, No. 28) : — " Our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans,...red lions ; not to mention flying pigs, and hogs in armour." Six years after Goldsmith wrote most of the signs disappeared, the system of numbering houses... | |
 | Walter Debenham Sweeting, John Taylor - 1890 - 794 Seiten
...assize and goodness of ale and beer. I wmiMmmm Addison's description of the streets of London as being "filled with Blue Boars, Black Swans, and Red Lions ; not to mention Flying Pigs, and Hogs in Armour, with many other creatures more extraordinary than any in the Desarts of Africk." He would have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 400 Seiten
...Hogarth's lively perspective of Cheapside, or read of it in a hundred contemporary books which paint the manners of that age. Our dear old " Spectator...streets are filled with Blue Boars, Black Swans, and Ked Lions, not to mention Flying Pigs and Hogs in Armor, with other creatures more extraordinary than... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 332 Seiten
..."Trivia," i. 158, as a sign of rain ; and Addison ( ' ' Spectator, " 28) to their curious fauna : " Our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans,...red lions ; not to mention flying pigs, and hogs in armour.'* The blue boar has not yet been evolved ; but the black swan has ceased to be a rara avis.... | |
 | 1910 - 404 Seiten
...animals were thus to be seen, inviting the passers-by to enter. " Our streets," says The Spectator, " are filled with Blue Boars, Black Swans, and Red Lions, not to mention Flying Pigs and Hogs in Armour, with other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Africa." At the friendly... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 420 Seiten
...Hogarth's lively perspective of Cheapside, or read of it in a hundred contemporary books which paint the manners of that age. Our dear old " Spectator...Boars, Black Swans, and Red Lions, not to mention Hying Pigs and Hogs in Armor, with other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Africa."... | |
 | 1896 - 928 Seiten
...Addison's delightful essay in the earlier "Spectators" on the sign-posts of London, in which he says that "our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans,...lions, not to mention flying pigs and hogs in armor." All anglers will remember how frequently Walton refers to the Hertfordshire inns: the "Thatcht House"... | |
 | 1896 - 842 Seiten
...Addison's delightful essay in the earlier "Spectators" on the sign-posts of London, in which he says that "our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans,...lions, not to mention flying pigs and hogs in armor." All anglers will remember how frequently Walton refers to the Hertfordshire inns: the "Thatcht House"... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 346 Seiten
...those Objects that sue ever\ thrusting themselves out to the Eye, and endeavouring to become visible. Our streets are filled with blue Boars, black Swans,...red Lions ; not to mention flying Pigs, and Hogs in Armour, with many other Creatures more extraordinary than any in the desarts of Africk. Strange ! that... | |
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Our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans, and red lions ; not to mention flying pigs, and hogs in armour, with many other creatures more extraordinary than any in the deserts of Africa. 
