 | History - 1790 - 522 pages
...you pleafe to walk in, and be married ?" Along this moft lawlefs fpace was hung up the frequent fign of a male and female hand conjoined, with, " Marriages...written beneath. A dirty fellow invited you in. The parfon was feen walking before his fliop ; a fqualid profligate figuré, clad in a tattered plaid nightgown,... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1790 - 556 pages
...you be-pleafed to walk in and be married? Along this moft lawlefs Ipace was hung up the frequent fign of a male and female hand conjoined, with, Marriages performed within, written beneath. * See State Trials, vol. ix. page 107. t The fame, pages 112, 145, 185, 303, 209, 218. — For farther... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 442 pages
...street, says Mr. Pennant, in ray youth, on the next side to this prison, I have often been tempted by the question, " Sir, will you be pleased to walk in and be married ?" Along this Jnost lawless space was hung upon the frequent sign. of a male and female hand conjoined, with, " Marriages... | |
 | Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 290 pages
...named Child' solace. f On the east side of Fleet-market, beyond the prison, was formerly hong up the sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with " Marriages...performed within, " written beneath. A dirty fellow, accosted most passengers, with, " Sir will yon please to walk in and be married," and the parson, a... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...the question, ' Sir, will you walk in and be married ? ' Along this most lawless place was hung up a sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with ' marriages...walking before his shop, a squalid profligate figure, clud in n tattered plaid night-gown, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you for a dram of gin or... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pages
...the question, ' Sir, will you walk in and be married ?' Along this most lawless place was hung up a sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with ' marriages...parson was seen walking before his shop, a squalid pro fligatc figure, clad in a tattered plaid night-gown, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...place was hung up a sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with ' marriages performed -witlan,' written beneath — a dirty fellow invited you in....squalid profligate figure, clad in a tattered plaid night-gow n, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you for a dram of gin or a roll of tobacco. Our... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...place was hung up a sign of a male and female hand conjoined, with ' marriages performed wii/u'>t,' written beneath — a dirty fellow invited you in....squalid profligate figure, clad in a tattered plaid night-gown, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you for a dram of gin or a roll of tobacco. Our... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...a sign of a male und female hand conjoined, with ' marriages performed ivithin' written beneath—a dirty fellow invited you in. The parson was seen walking before his shop, a squalid profligate figure, chul in a tattered plaid night-gown, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you for a drain of gin... | |
 | Henry Thomas - London (England) - 1830 - 532 pages
...walking along the street, in my youth, on the side next to this prison, I have often been tempted by the question, — " Sir, will you be pleased to walk...female hand conjoined, with " Marriages performed withm," written beneath. A dirty fellow invited you in ; the parson was seen walking before his shop... | |
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In walking along the street, in my youth, on the side next to this prison, I have often been tempted by the question, ' Sir, will you be pleased to walk in and be married ?' Along this most lawless space was hung up the frequent sign of a male and female... 
