... London damsels gathering prim roses or violets on time rising ground about the office of Household IVords, or hunting for blackberries on the site of Exeter Hall, or sitting to rest on the green sward where Drury-lane Theatre now stands. Matylebone was then ...

... London damsels gathering prim rose , or v iolets o n the rising ground about the office of Household Words, or hunting for blackberries on the site of Exeter Hall, or sitting to rest on the green sward where Drury-lane Theatre now stands. Marylehone was then ...