An Old London Nosegay: Gathered From the Daybook of Mistress Lovejoy Young, Kinswoman by Marriage of the Lady Fanshawe (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Old London Nosegay: Gathered From the Daybook of Mistress Lovejoy Young, Kinswoman by Marriage of the Lady FanshaweLondon grew and grew (for the growth and vast ness of London town have ever been the wonder and dismay of each succeeding generation), the country became farther and farther off, but the Gray House survived in Chancery Lane to bear its contemporary, the grand old gateway of Lincoln's Inn, company as long as it was able. It survived the days of Queen Anne. Coffee house tattle was retailed in its panelled chambers, beaux and belles in powder and patches alighted from sedans at its door, and the link-boys hitched their torches to rests on its wrought-iron gate. But in the days of the earlier Georges the stately exterior of the Gray House began to show the ravages of decay. It had the appearance of being slighted, if not altogether deserted, by its owners, and wore a melancholy air of consciousness that it took up too much room, though long before this time its old-world garden had been buried under narrow, cramped houses of yellow brick.At last its days were numbered, and the Gray House was doomed to go the way that most London buildings go sooner or later, even those that are hallowed by the hand of time and touched by the romance of the past.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.