 | William Forsyth - England - 1871 - 366 pages
...as it exists now. We are told in 'Humphry Clinker,' that "Pimlico and Knightsbridge are now almosl joined to Chelsea and Kensington, and if this infatuation...whole county of Middlesex will be covered with brick." * In Mrs. Heywood's novel of ' Miss Betsy Thoughtless,' a gentleman mentions in a letter that he wants... | |
 | 1893 - 634 pages
...now find covered with streets and squares, and palaces and churches. I am credibly informed, that in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...unwieldy metropolis. Pimlico and Knightsbridge are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and if this infatuation continues for half a century, I suppose... | |
 | Austin Dobson - England - 1894 - 320 pages
...find covered with streets, and squares, and palaces, and churches. I am credibly informed, that in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...unwieldy metropolis. Pimlico and Knightsbridge are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and if this infatuation continues for half a century, I suppose... | |
 | Austin Dobson - English literature - 1894 - 318 pages
...exclusive of what is daily added to other parts of this unwieldy metropolis. Pimlico and Knightsbridge are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington; and if this...whole county of Middlesex will be covered with brick.' He is pleased, however, with the new streets (they were then building Portman Square), and he is almost... | |
 | Austin Dobson - England - 1901 - 312 pages
...Bramble making the same complaint in Humphry Clinker. " Pimlico and Knightsbridge," he says, " are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and if this...suppose the whole county of Middlesex will be covered by brick." What would they say now, these good people, to the London of to-day 1 Large or small, however,... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1902 - 680 pages
...now find covered with streets and squares, and palaces and churches. I am credibly informed, that, in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...unwieldy metropolis. Pimlico, and Knightsbridge are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and, if this infatuation continues for half a century, I... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1902 - 596 pages
...now find covered with streets and squares, and palaces and churches. I am credibly informed, that, in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...unwieldy metropolis. Pimlico and Knightsbridge are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and, if this infatuation continues for half a century, I... | |
 | Austin Dobson - English essays - 1902 - 384 pages
...Bramble making much the same complaint in ' Humphry Clinker.' ' Pimlico and Knightsbridge,' he says, 'are almost joined to Chelsea and Kensington ; and if this...suppose the whole county of Middlesex will be covered by brick.' What would they say now, these good people, to the London of to-day ! Large or small, however,... | |
 | William George Waters - English literature - 1906 - 342 pages
...now find covered with streets and squares, and palaces and churches. I am credibly informed, that, in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...to Chelsea and Kensington ; and if this infatuation lasts for half a century, I suppose the whole county of Middlesex will be covered with brick. It must... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - London (England) - 1910 - 454 pages
...find covered with streets, and squares, and palaces, and churches. I am creditably informed that in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses...added to other parts of this unwieldy metropolis." So grumbled Humphrey Clinker's master, who in Georgian days found that " Pimlico and Knightsbridge... | |
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What I left open fields, producing hay and corn, I now find covered with streets and squares, and palaces and churches. I am credibly informed, that, in the space of seven years, eleven thousand new houses have been built in one quarter of Westminster,... 
