 Gaystreet, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that in wet weather it must be exceedingly dangerous, both for those that ride in carriages, and those that walk afoot ; and when the street is covered with snow, as it was for fifteen days successively...  Selections from "Roderick Random, "Peregrine Pickle," "Count Fathom," and ... - Pagina 139door Tobias Smollett - 1902 - 194 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1820 - 280 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only en trance to it, throughGay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing, weather, I am told, most of the houses in this hill are... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 280 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, throughGay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing weather, I am told, most of the houses in this hill are... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 374 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that in wet...those that ride in carriages, and those that walk a foot; and when the street is covered with snow, as it was for fifteen days successively this very... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - 1831 - 472 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing weather, I am told, most of the houses in this hill are... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 558 pagina’s
...the markets, baths and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...snow, as it was for fifteen days successively this ,'ery winter, I don't see how any individual could go either up or down without the most "mminent hazard... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - 1836 - 436 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing weather, I ani told, most of the houses an this hill are... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - 1836 - 430 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...exceedingly dangerous, both for those that ride in carriages mid those that walk a-foot; and when the street is covered with snow, as it was for fifteen days successively... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 808 pagina’s
...looks like Vespatian's Amphitheatre turned outside in .... The only entrance to it through Gay Street, is so difficult, steep and slippery that in wet weather...winter, I don't see how any individual could go either np or down without the most imminent danger of broken bones." I am afraid that Gay Street • is still... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1899 - 368 pagina’s
...all markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay-street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing weather, I am told, most of the houses on this hill are... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1902 - 680 pagina’s
...the markets, baths, and places of public entertainment. The only entrance to it, through Gay Street, is so difficult, steep, and slippery, that, in wet...individual could go either up or down, without the most imminent hazard of broken bones. In blowing weather, I am told, most of the houses on this hill are... | |
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