Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 178
gns of this famous old AN OLD PAWNBROKERS SIGN. (SEE PAGE 165.) dinals Hat, The Cat and the Fiddle, TheAnchor ? • The Bull is a favorite English sign.Some have supposed that this fact gave theBriton his nickname of John Bull, thoughothers ascribe it to his favorite roast, or say thatit was derived… … THE BOAK S HE the great black beast with curved neck paws asbravely as ever over the entrance to the oldcourtyard. Lovers of Dickens will recall thatit was at The Black Bull in Holborn that Mrs.Gamp and Betsy Prig nursed Mrs. Lewsome. Nussed together, turn and turn about, one off,one on. This…
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