 Adelphi, because it was a mysterious place, with those dark arches. I see myself emerging one evening from some of these arches, on a little public-house close to the river, with an open space before it, where some coal-heavers were dancing ; to look...  David Copperfield - Page 333by Jan Fields, Charles Dickens - 2010 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Forster - 1842 - 450 pages
...fiction. ' I was such a little fellow, with my poor white hat, little 'jacket, and corduroy trowsers, that frequently, when I ' went into the bar of a strange public-house for a glass of ' ale or porter to wash down the saveloy and the loaf I ' had eaten in the street, they didn't like to give it me. ' I... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 526 pages
...ready-made coffee and a slice of bread and butter. When I had none, I used to look at a venison-shop in Fleet Street ; or I have strolled, at such a time,...for a glass of ale or porter, to moisten what I had lor dinner, they were afraid to give it me. I remember one hot evening I went into the bar of a public-house,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1872 - 384 pages
...used to look at a venison-shop in Fleet Street ; or I have strolled, at such a time, as far aa Coveut Garden Market, and stared at the pine-apples. I was...for a glass of ale or porter, to moisten what I had for dinner, they were afraid to give it me. I remember one hot evening I went into the bar of a publichouse,... | |
 | John Forster - Novelists, English - 1872 - 442 pages
...fiction: "I was such a little fellow, with my poor white hat, little jacket, and corduroy trowsers, that frequently, when I went into the bar of a strange public-house for a glass of ale or porter to wash down the saveloy and the loaf I had eaten in the street, they didn't like to give it me. I remember,... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1882 - 276 pages
...fiction : " I was such a little fellow, with my poor white hat, little jacket, and corduroy trousers, that frequently, when I went into the bar of a strange public-house for a glass of ale or porter to wash down the saveloy and the loaf I had eaten in the street, they didn't like to give it me. I remember,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 842 pages
...the river, with an open space before it, where some coal-heavers were dancing ; to look at whom I W down upon a bench. I wonder what they thought of me...little, that frequently when I went into the bar of a sti ange public-house for a glass of ale or porter, lo moisten what I had had for dinner, they were... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Literary landmarks - 1890 - 240 pages
...Grinby, and " supjiorted himself " on six or seven shillings a week. " I was such a child," he writes, " and so little, that frequently when I went into the...I had had for dinner, they were afraid to give it to me. I remember one hot evening I went into the bar of a public-house, and said to the landlord —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1892 - 862 pages
...ready-made coffee and a slice of bread and butter. When I had none, I used to look at a venison-shop in Fleet Street ; or I have strolled, at such a time,...public-house for a glass of ale or porter, to moisten what T had had for dinner, they were afraid to give it me. I remember one hot evening I went into the bar... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 588 pages
...ready-made coffee and a .-lice of bread and butter. When I had none, I used to look at a venison-shop in Fleet Street ; or I have strolled, at such a time,...remember one hot evening I went into the bar of a ; iibliohouse, and said to the landlord : — " What is your best — your very best — ale a glass... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1899 - 570 pages
...fiction. ' I was such a little fellow, ' with my poor white hat, little jacket, and corduroy trowsers, that ' frequently, when I went into the bar of a strange public-house ' for a glass of ale or porter to wash down the saveloy and the ' loaf I had eaten in the street, they didn't like to give it me. I remember,... | |
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