"Londoner" Quotes from Famous Books
... to Penzance, he seems to have been surprised to find it so civilised and so comfortable, "being so remote from London, which is the centre of our wealth." That is the remark of a true Londoner, showing an attitude of mind towards the provincial that is not quite extinct. He says: "This town of Penzance is a place of good business, well built and populous, has a good trade, and a great many ships belonging to it, notwithstanding ... — The Cornwall Coast • Arthur L. Salmon
... the speaker: a thin, medium-sized woman she seemed to be; obviously not one of the country folk—by her accent a Londoner. ... — What Timmy Did • Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
... trow, in kings' houses, and all the fair young lords and ladies, the children of King Edward, as then was, were full of sport and gamesomeness as you see these dukes be now. And never a one was blither than the Lady Joan—she they called Joan of the Tower, being a true Londoner born—bless her! My aunt Cis would talk by the hour of her pretty ways and kindly mirth. But 'twas even as the children have ... — The Caged Lion • Charlotte M. Yonge
... the man's face, the Londoner saw it was his own cousin... There was all the drama of war in that dirty village of Loos, which reeked with the smell of death then, and years later, when I went walking through it on another day of war, after another battle on ... — Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs
... "That damned Londoner, Hobson," said McTavish. "He was my guest here several years ago, and ate and drank well for a month or two when he hadn't a sou marquis. I needed a little money to-day, and meeting him up the road, I demanded my account. He is thirty ... — Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien
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