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St. James's-square? or a fashionabie shop in Regent-street or
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It is difficult to imagine how this handsome youth with the perfectly formed legs and so on, this "delicate exotic from the conservatories of some Regent-street," came to the "potato-patches of Liverpool."
Melville in Love Hardwick, Elizabeth 2000
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These were exhibited in an apartment in Regent-street, in the evening as well as by day; their heads almost touched the ceiling, and the room being lighted with gas, they were fully exposed to the influence of foul air, and, as might be expected, did not long survive.
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Four learned cats are now exhibiting in Regent-street; but as we have not yet left our card with their feline excellencies, we cannot wink at their perfections.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 Various
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In France, houses are gay in appearance; in London, with the exception of some streets in the centre, such as Regent-street or
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Regent-street, and heard the exclamations and laughter of the crowd on seeing me, I examined myself from head to foot, to ascertain the cause of the unhoped-for success which I obtained in England.
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Shillings a week may be managed, to enable the Possessor to "draw it rather brisk" after office-hours in Regent-street, including board and lodging for his switch and spurs, and Warren's jet for his Wellingtons --
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Various
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France; and in London abound in Leicester-square, and are constantly to be met with under the Quadrant in Regent-street, where they grin, gabble, chatter, and sometimes dance, to the no small diversion of the passengers.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Various
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Augustus Peacock and Julius Candy (this enviable duo) were two such young men as may be met with in herds any fine afternoon publishing their persons to the frequenters of Regent-street.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various
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Why rush for subjects for civilisation to the back woods of America, when thousands may be found, any fine afternoon, in Regent-street?
Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various
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