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On Wednesday, July 6, he was engaged to sup with me at my lodgings in Downing-street, Westminster.
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Disturbed in his contemplations by the groans and screams of the famishing, he addresses the starving multitude from the windows of Downing-street, telling them he can do nothing for them in a large way, but -- the fee he has received to cure them can afford as much -- graciously throwing them fifty pounds from his private compassion!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various
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But the greatest consternation that prevailed was among the _rats_, particularly those in the neighbourhood of Downing-street, who were driven out of the sewers they inhabit with astounding violence.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various
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_ The looking for _places_ on a map, or in Downing-street, or anywhere else in the world.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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Downing-street Cupid, "as it is acknowledged he sleeps on a _bolstered cabinet_."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various
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None but Ministers know what Ministers go through for the pure love of their country; no person who has not reposed in the luxuriously-cushioned chairs of the Treasury or Downing-street can conceive the amount of business Sir Robert and his colleagues have transacted during the three months they have been in office.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 Various
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SIR ROBERT PEEL was observed to put a penny into the hands of the man at the crossing in Downing-street.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 Various
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Downing-street; and there he will leave nothing untried that he may remain.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various
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He was thwarted, possibly in good intentions, by the commands of the imperial government, requiring him imperatively to obtain the submission of the colonial legislature to Downing-street dictation, without remonstrance.
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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The Post-office in Downing-street has been besieged by various inquirers, who are anxiously seeking for some information as to the expected arrival of the Royal Male.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various
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