Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 336
got to Hke the very cries in the street,for making me the more aware of it by the contrast.I fancied they were unlike the cries in other quartersof the suburbs, and that they retained something ofthe old quaintness and melodiousness which procuredthem the reputation of having been composed… … rM€LS£A.jred^dcock CHELSEA MEMORIES 291 afraid, drunken voice, I used to wish for it of anevening, and hail it when it came. . . . I know not whether the corner I speak of remainsas quiet as it was. I am afraid not; for steamboatshave carried vicissitude into Chelsea, and Belgraviathreatens it with…
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