 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pagina’s
...away. 140 Tis true, no " Turbots dignify my boards, But gudgeous, flounders, what my Thames affords: To Hounslow-heath I point, and Banstead down, Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own: "From yon old walnut-tree a show'r shall fall; 145 And grapes long ling'ring on my only wall, And figs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pagina’s
...away. 140 Tis true, no z Turbots dignify my boards, But gudgeous, flounders, what my Thames affords : To Hounslow-heath I point, and Banstead down, Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own : "From yon old walnut-tree a show'r shall fall ; 145 And grapes long ling'ring on my only wall, And... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 460 pagina’s
...barren country to the left. This was Epsom Downs. They are the same as the Banstead and Leatherhead downs, the name varying with the neighbourhood. You...stopped there a day or two. Do you not like those solid, wainscoted rooms in old houses, with seats in the windows, and no pretension but to comfort? They please... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pagina’s
...[:<,,' j-\ «'To Hounslow-heath I point, and Banstead down; ' ij :"•.,-!'• , , "[Thence comes vpur mutton, and these chicks my own." Pope seems to have lifted up his delicate nose at Twickenham,,, 3^4 scented his dinner. a dozen miles off. > „• ,j. •.;i..il',; ^unjhr-.noo At Epsom we supped... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 pagina’s
...downs, the name varying with the neighbourhood. You remember Banstead mutton! • To ITouiiBlow-heath I point, and Banstead down ; Thence comes your mutton,...having some work to do, we stopped there a day or two. l)o you not like those solid, wainscotted rooms in old houses, with seats in the windows, and no pretension... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pagina’s
...Banstead and Leafaerhead downs, the name varying with the neighborhood. You remember Banstead mutton t " To Hounslow-heath I point, and Banstead down ; Thence...dozen miles off. At Epsom we supped and slept; and rinding the inn comfortable, and having some work to do, we stopped there a day or two. Do you not... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 544 pagina’s
...Downs. They are the same as the Banstcad and Leaftierhead downs, the name varying with the neighborhood. You remember Banstead mutton ? " To Hounslow-heath...at Twickenham, and scented his dinner a dozen miles oil'. At Epsom we supped and slept; and finding the inn comfortable, and having some work to do, we... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pagina’s
...true, no turbots dignify my boards, But gudgeons, flounders, what my Thames affords : To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down, Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own : From yon old walnut-tree a shower shall fall ; And grapes, long lingering on my only wall ; And figs... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 pagina’s
...true no turbots dignify my boards, But gudgeon, flounders, which my Thames affords ; To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down, Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own. From yon old walnut-tree a shower shall fall, And grapes, long ling'ring on my only wall, And figs... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pagina’s
...famous alike for their pure air and extensive sheep-walks ; as when Pope sang — ' To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down, Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own.' The Southdown breed predominates, of which the flock belonging to Lord Lovelace, at Ockham, was perhaps... | |
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To Hounslow Heath I point, and Banstead Down ; Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own. 
