The Spectator, No. 454 (11 August 1712) [ Places / Transport ]
… Instant my Coachman took the Wink to pursue, and the Lady's Driver gave the Hint that he was going through Long-Acre towards St. James's : While he whipped up James-Street , we drove for King-Street , to save the Pass at St. … Ballad-Singers, or the like, detains and throws me into Expence. It happened so immediately; for at the Corner of Warwick Street , as I was listening to a new Ballad, a ragged Rascal, a Beggar who knew me, came up to me, and began to … I left Richmond , and the Scene still filling with Children of a new Hour. This Satisfaction encreased as I moved towards the City; and gay Signs, well disposed Streets, magnificent publick Structures, and wealthy Shops, adorned with …
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