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'This poem was first offered to Bent, in Paternoster-row, with a request to know his opinion of its deserts: but this he declined, in a short note, which was returned to Mr.B. in the course of a week, along with his MS.
Letter 393 2009
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Paternoster-row, London; but who was the editor of the magazine, I am ignorant.
Letter 389 2009
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Lexicography, but formed a club in Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row, with
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The possessor of an inquiring and genteel mind has now to wander for his politeness to Paternoster-row [2]; to Pierce Egan, for his knowledge of men and manners; and to Owen Swift, for his knightly accomplishments, and exercises of chivalry.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 Various
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This is a brilliant specimen of the helps to memory which the grinder affords, as splendid in its arrangement as the topographical methods of calling to mind the course of the large arteries, which define the abdominal aorta as Cheapside, its two common iliac branches, as Newgate-street and St. Paul's Churchyard, and the medio sacralis given off between them, as Paternoster-row.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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Quadrant, or Opera Colonnade; and Sir Walter Scott celebrating the Field of Waterloo, not in the broad-margined octavos of Paternoster-row, but about the purlieus of the Horse Guards.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828 Various
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You do not ask any special question; but as you regret a want of acquaintance with the rules of English grammar, we recommend "The Handbook of the English Tongue," by Dr. Angus, published at our office, 56, Paternoster-row, E.C.; address Mr. Tarn.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. Various
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He therefore not only exerted his talents in occasional composition very different from Lexicography, but formed a club in Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row, with a view to enjoy literary discussion, and amuse his evening hours.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Messrs. Bacon and Co., of Paternoster-row, have just issued a coloured plan of the Battle-field of Fredericksburg, in which the position of the Federal and the Confederate forces are clearly marked.
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Paternoster-row, copies of Hare's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond and [t] he Peninsular
We Have Received 1863
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