https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y England in the 1800's en-us 2017-06-20 13:02:48 UTC 2026-03-21 17:16:01 UTC hello@padlet.com mckayhennessy https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177095837 "The endless succession of somber and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing beneath us. Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar , its silence broken only by the heavy, regular footfall of the policemen, or the songs and shouts of some belated party of revelers." (124)]]> 2017-06-21 12:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177095837 mckayhennessy https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177095969
"Boscombe Valley is a country district not very far from Ross, in Herefordshire. Boscombe Pool is a small lake formed by the spreading out of the stream which runs down Boscombe Valley. The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with justa fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge." (72-74)]]> 2017-06-21 12:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177095969 mckayhennessy https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177097362 "he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair"(4)

"he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette"(5)

"It is quite a three pipe problem" (39)

"he had drenched his tobacco with laudanum"(118)

"the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of metal pipes" (120)

"a sallow attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me"(120)4


]]> 2017-06-21 13:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177097362 mckayhennessy https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177304226 "your recent services to one of the royal houses of Europe have shown that you arena who may safely be trusted"(4)

"his dress was with a richness which would, in England, be looked upon as akin to bad taste"(6)

"I had heard that you were good enough to give advice to poor folk who were in need of it"(37)

"it was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in which I served them was of such delicacy"(53)

"my father was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy business behind him"(56)


]]> 2017-06-23 15:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177304226 mckayhennessy https://padlet.com/mckayhennessy/rwga1ngb8b9y/wish/177306110 "the deep blue cloak was thrown over his shoulders"(6)

"he wore rather baggy grey shepherd's check trousers, a not over-clean black frock coat... A frayed top hat and a faded brown overcoat"(28)

"she had a slate-coloured, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of brackish red. Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. Her dress was brown , rather darker than coffee colour, with a little purple plush at the neck and sleeves. Her gloves were greyish  and were worn through"(62)

"our door flew open, and a lady clad in some dark-coloured stuff, with a black veil, entered the room"(118)


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