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" Club who shall not have travelled out of the British Islands to a distance of at least 500 miles from London in a direct line. "
Travellers' Tales: A Book of Marvels - Page ii
by Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1883 - 358 pages
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

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...
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London and Its Environs: A Practical Guide to the Metropolis and Its Vicinity

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...
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The New review, political, philosophical and literary, Volume 2

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...
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Black's Guide to London and Its Environs

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...
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Black's Guide to London and Its Environs

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...
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Clubs and Club Life in London: With Anecdotes of Its Famous Coffee Houses ...

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...
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Club life of London

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...
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Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the ...

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,...
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English Impressions Gathered in Connection with the Indian Delegation to ...

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...
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London ...: Illustrated by ... Bird's-eye Views of the Principal Streets ...

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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