CABBIE (n.) (colloq). Erudite Fellow much given to express anti-Whig opinion who upon exchange of monies will, by Hansom carriage, convey a Person within London’s northern environs.
David Styles (b.1947), Dr. Johnson’s Magnum Opus
Category Archives: London in Quotations
London in Quotations: John Elliot Burns
The St Lawrence is water, the Mississippi is muddy water, but the Thames is liquid history.
John Elliot Burns (1858-1943)
London in Quotations: Ray Davies
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night / People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright / But I don’t, need no friends / As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise.
Ray Davies (b.1944), Waterloo Sunset
London in Quotations: Benjamin Disraeli
The gondolas of London.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Describing the horse-drawn hansom cab
London in Quotations: Alec Waugh
London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.
Alec Waugh (1898-19810, The Sugar Islands
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