The Spectator, No. 454 (11 August 1712) [ Places / Transport ]
… give way to those of Nine, they of Nine to the Generation of Twelve, and they of Twelve disappear, and make Room for the fashionable World, who have made Two a Clock the Noon of the Day. When we first put off from Shore, we soon fell in with … and serve the Owners in getting them Customers as their common Dunners do in making them pay. The Day of People of Fashion began now to Break, and Carts and Hacks were mingled with Equipages of Show and Vanity; when I resolved to walk … one; will make all the Good which arrives to any Man, an Encrease of Happiness to your self. T. … "The Day of People of Fashion began now to Break, and Carts and Hacks were mingled with Equipages of Show and Vanity..." … Streets … Text …
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