The Home Counties Magazine, Vol. 13: Devoted to the Topography of London, Middlesex, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Berks, Surrey, Kent, and Sussex (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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A striking example Of the lack of enterprise in those days is afforded by the fact that his example was not followed until two years later, when a Similar establishment was set up in St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, by Pasqua Rossee, this being the first coffee-house in the City Of London.
The new drink took some little time to find favour with the public; it had to be tried, and its efficacy for the cure of head aches and other ills - that had been claimed for it - proved. But this once accomplished, the coffee-houses quickly sprang into favour, and by the time of Charles II they were to be found in great numbers all over the metropolis. They soon began to exercise an influence on public Opinion; for men Of all classes met under their hospitable roofs for the discussion of their several trades and professions, and to cultivate a spirit of social intercourse.
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