...complained of the fantastical nature of the public inn signs of the time; he refers to the streets 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'. He castigates...

...had multiplied and shifted away from the trade repre' sented. As Addison complains in the Spectator: Our Streets are filled with blue Boars, black Swans,...red Lions; not to mention flying Pigs, and Hogs in Armour ... I would enjoin every Shop to make use of a Sign which bears some Affinity to the Wares in...

...objects that are everywhere thrusting themselves out to the eye and endeavouring to become visible. Our streets are filled with blue boars, black swans, and red lions.'"' But Dickens has no real complaint. The preposterous nature of the sign is perfect for the novel, a...

...LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: BOOKSHOPS IN LONDON AND MEDICAL CONTROVERSY "Our streets are filled up with blue Boars, black Swans, and red Lions; not to mention flying Pigs and Hogs in Armour, and with man other creatures more extraordinary than any in the Desarts of Africk." So wrote...

...and Swan. The Ax and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and l!oot."t Our streets are filled with Blue Boars, Black Swans,...Red Lions, not to mention Flying Pigs, and Hogs in Armour. " Could you believe it?" writes the Chinese philosopher ; " I have seen five Black Lions, and...

...the eye, aud endeavouring to become visible," and is scandalized at the sight of " blue boars, Mack swans, and red lions, not to mention flying pigs and hogs in armour." He would like the task of ridding the city оГ monsters ; he would abolish the junction оГ...