London Cries & Public Edifices

By John Leighton

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Aug 15, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547170259

John Leighton

John Leighton received a BA in philosophy from the University of Minnesota and a JD from William Mitchell College of Law. He practiced law in Minneapolis for more than thirty years before retiring. He and his wife, Susan, live on a lake in northwestern Wisconsin.

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John Leighton

London Cries & Public Edifices

EAN 8596547170259

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

POTS AND KETTLES TO MEND!—COPPER OR BRASS TO MEND!

THE TOWER OF LONDON;

RHUBARB!—FINE TURKEY RHUBARB!

THE EAST INDIA HOUSE

MATCHES!—BUY A BOX OF MATCHES OF A POOR GIRL!

BANK OF ENGLAND.

ORANGES!—BUY ORANGES AND LEMONS!

ROYAL EXCHANGE.

BUY A CAGE FOR YOUR FINE SINGING-BIRD!

THE MANSION-HOUSE

OLD CHAIRS TO MEND!—RUSH OR CANE BOTTOMS—OLD CHAIRS TO MEND!

THE OLD COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, WARWICK LANE,

CATS’ MEAT!—DOGS’ MEAT!

SMITHFIELD;

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL,

DUST OH!—DUST OH!

ST. JOHN’S GATE, CLERKENWELL.

PITY THE POOR BLIND!

TEMPLE BAR,

UMBRELLAS TO MEND!—ANY OLD ONES TO SELL!

SOMERSET HOUSE.

CHERRIES, ROUND AND SOUND!—FULL WEIGHT, FOURPENCE A POUND!

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.

THE COSTARD-MONGER

HEARTHSTONES AND FLANDERS BRICK.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

IMAGES!—BUY IMAGES.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

BAKED POTATOES, ALL HOT!

CHARING CROSS.

NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE,

BOW POTS! (OR BAY POTS!) TWO A PENNY!

WHITEHALL,

WILD DUCK, RABBIT, OR FOWL!

STRAWBERRIES,

BURLINGTON HOUSE.

MACKAREL!—NEW MACKAREL!

ST. GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE.

BUY A BOX!—BUY A BAND-BOX!

OLD CLOTHES!

ST. JAMES’S PALACE.

MILK BELOW!

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

YOUNG WATER-CRESSES!

LAMBETH PALACE,

KNIVES TO GRIND!—SCISSORS TO GRIND!

BUY A MAT!—BUY A DOOR OR PARLOUR MAT!

NEW HALL, LINCOLN’S INN,

SWEEP!—SOOT OH!

THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.

MUFFINS!—CRUMPETS!—ALL HOT MUFFINS!

THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

BUY A BROOM!

THE COLOSSEUM.

POTS AND KETTLES TO MEND!—COPPER OR BRASS TO MEND!

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Tinker is swinging his fire-pot to make it burn, having placed his soldering-iron in it, and is proceeding to some corner or post, there to repair the saucepan he carries.—We commence with the most interesting edifice in our capital,

THE TOWER OF