Notwithstanding the populous character of the city, the avenues and squares have a rather deserted aspect in many sections, but this is mainly owing to their extraordinary size.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The streets of those melancholy squares seen beneath flickering lamp light and a wan moon protest against all gaiety of spirit and urge resignation and a mournful acquiescence.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
It is shut in by all the other Bloomsbury squares and is further than any of them from the lights and traffic of popular streets.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole