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Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. Wass of Grosvenor & Chaters, Stationers in Cornhill, asking for 'a mere hint of what is going on 'in regard to' Sharp's dividends ', a precarious business in which Bloomfield has some interest; Bloomfield mentions that he is about to leave London, and has not troubled his correspondent before because' I found the Domestic calamities on your part render'd it unseasonable for me to ask information '.
Letter 287 2009
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A song sung at the Conduit in Cornhill in the Coronation procession of Edward VI.; the Tudor prayers for the Sovereign; and the form of prayer for the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, supply hints of the coming anthem.
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But in familiar conversation, the old name Cornhill was retained for a generation, and indeed, would be understood to-day, if you were speaking to Boston people more than fifty years old.
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Anonymous
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One of the things which I am proudest of as regards the Cornhill is the fact that I was able to discover three or four new writers who later made names for themselves.
The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922
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Cornhill, which is now a scrivener's brave-house, when, having great custom, the ale-sellers petitioned the Lord Mayor against him as being no freeman.
All About Coffee 1909
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A body of citizens had been formed nearby, and came pushing violently through the street then called Cornhill, around into
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905
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Conspiracy would possess for the readers of the "Cornhill," but objected to its publication, on the ground that it would call forth a counter-statement, which he could not justly exclude, and thus introduce
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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The events of the war, I added, would soon draw the public attention away from its origin, and the "Cornhill," before the close of the struggle, would probably be obliged to admit articles of a more strongly partisan character than that which I proposed to write.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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Also, I confess that from your 'Cornhill' standpoint (paterfamilias looking on) you are probably right ten times over.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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There's a rage for new periodicals, and because the 'Cornhill' answers, other speculations crowd the market, overcrowd it: there will be failures presently.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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