...porter point thee through the town; to enquire Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain, the may. Like faithful landmarks to the walking train. Seek...way, Those fabling boys will turn thy steps astray; ™ Ask the grave tradesman to direct thee right, He ne'er deceives, but when he profits by't. Where...

...and others, the signs are reliable: the creaking of the swinging signs signifies rain (T i:i58 59); "Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain, / Like faithful landmarks to the walking train" (Tii:67-68). But this is a new age, and the signs must be read. At the Seven Dials (laid out by Thomas...

...thy Footsteps guide, / And wary Circumspection guard thy Side" (m.111-12); and earlier in the poem: "Be sure observe the Signs, for Signs remain, / Like faithful Land-marks to the walking Train" (n.67-8).5 George Berkeley characterized a natural social order as similar to "plain landmarks" (Everett...

...inquiring visitor : If drawn by Bus'ness to a street unknown, Let the sworn Porter point thee through the town ; Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain Like faithful landmarks to the walking Train. Many of our streets derive their nomenclature from the inns which once stood in their vicinity, but...

...protocols; the knowledge of "Prentices" and "Tradesmen" is suspicious and unreliable. Second, the couplet, "Be sure observe the Signs, for Signs remain, / Like faithful Land-marks to the walking Train," punctuates this crisis on a "Street unknown" and conducts the reader back to a more valid protocol...

...Trivia " he says :— If drawn by business to a street unknown, Let the sworn porter point thee through the town ; Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain Like faithful landmarks to the walking train. English literature abounds with references to scenes enacted at places historically known by the sign...