| John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 pages
...for the period of their stay. ( Quarterly Review, No. ex. 183G.) By one of the rules, "no person is eligible to the Travellers' Club who shall not have...out of the British Islands to a distance of at least ,500 miles from London in a direct line." Prince Talleyrand, during his residence in London, generally... | |
| 1862 - 460 pages
...been highly eulogized. One of the rules of this club is, that no person shall be eligible for a member who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line — not so great a feat now-adays, as it was when the rule was... | |
| 1863 - 624 pages
...? The most important rule of the club is " that no person be considered eligible to the Travellers who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line." If candidates were required to explore nearer home, and to... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1863 - 450 pages
...been highly eulogized. One of the rules of this club is, that no person shall be eligible for a member who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line — not so great a feat now-adays, as it was when the rule was... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1870 - 530 pages
...been highly eulogized. One of the rules of this club is, that no person shall be eligible for a member who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line — not so great a feat now-adays, as it was when the rule was... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...an invitation for the period of their stay. One of the Rules directs " That no person be considered eligible to the Travellers' Club who shall not have...out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line." Another Rule directs " That no dice and no game of hazard... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...an invitation for the period of their stay. One of the Rules directs " That no person be considered eligible to the Travellers' Club who shall not have...out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line." Another Rule, directs " That no dice and no game of hazard... | |
| William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 600 pages
...celebrated club in London, founded in 1815. According to one of the rules no person can be considered eligible to the Travellers' Club " who shall not have...out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line." The present clubhouse, adjoining the Athenaeum in Pall Mall,... | |
| Sir Narayen Ganesh Chandavarkar - 1887 - 86 pages
...Traveller's Club in Pall Mall, of which I read that no person shall be considered eligible to its membership, "who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line"! But the clubs that form the centre of attraction are the great... | |
| 1887 - 374 pages
...Adjoining the Athenreum is the Travellers' Club, which was instituted in 1814, for gentlemen who shall have travelled out of the British Islands, to a distance of at least 500 miles from London, in a direct line — a feat not difficult or uncommon in these days of railways... | |
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