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" ... seven or eight ; and all along burning, and roasting, and drinking for rumps. There being rumps tied upon sticks and carried up and down. The butchers at the May Pole in the Strand rang a peal with their knives when they were going to sacrifice their... "
The Antiquary's Portfolio: Or Cabinet Selection of Historical & Literary ... - Page 249
by J. S. Forsyth - 1825
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The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, Volume 3

1825 - 208 pages
...rang a peal with their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate-hill there was turning of a spit that had a rump tied upon it, and...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side. " Oct. 13th.— I went out to Charing-cross to see Major-General Harrisont hanged.drawn,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 24

1825 - 600 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side.' ' April 1. 1660. This morning comes Mr. Ed. Pickering, he tells •me that the king...
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Time's Telescope

1826 - 488 pages
...at Benson's.) In Cheapside there was a great many bonfires, and Bow bells and all the bells in all the churches as we went home were a-ringing. Hence...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side.' When Charles was teceived on board Lord Sandwich's ship, on his voyage from Holland...
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Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including ..., Volume 4

Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 448 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...the street you would think there was a whole lane »f fire and smoke, so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side." On the 21st, a number of...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 25

1835 - 466 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...you would think there was a whole lane of fire and smoke, so hot that we were fain -to keep on the further side." It was after the Dissolution, and the...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 1841 - 502 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side." By this time death and hell appear'd in the ghastly looks Of Scot and Robinson, (those...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 1841 - 512 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on, the further side." By this time death and hell appear'd in the ghastly looks Of Scot and Robinson, (those...
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Political Ballads Published in England During the Commonwealth

Thomas Wright - 1841 - 524 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side." By this time death and hell appear'd in the ghastly looks Of Scot and Robinson, (those...
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Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 7

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...Dunslan's and Temple Bar, and at Strand Bridge 1 could at one time tell thirty-one fires. In King Street seven or eight; and all along burning, and roasting,...imagination, both the greatness and the suddenness of it And one end of the street you would think there was a whole lane of fire, and so hot that we were fain...
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Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 9

British Archaeological Association - 1853 - 560 pages
...their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting...fire, and so hot that we were fain to keep on the further side." In the Collection of Loyal Songs we read : — " Now London had her own desire, For...
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