The squares are deserted-the streets are very nearly so-and all that is left to the luckless wanderer in search of the beautiful, is to ogle the beauties of Dame-street, who are shopkeepers in Grafton-street, or the beauties of Grafton-street, who are shopkeepers in Dame-street.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
"Remember," said I, trying to ogle through a black eye, painted by the angle of a register grate-"remember, Mary Anne, I am to see you home."
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Fresh from her simple country life, Phyllis found herself still able with effortless serenity to confound the most hardened boulevarders who paused to ogle her.
"A Maker of History"
E. Phillips Oppenheim