...ago seen white-robed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads.'~ Talking of London, he observed, ' Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be 1 See ante, p. 350, note. Aug. 2, 1763, and Oct. 26, 1769. satisfied 422 The immensity of London. [AD1763....

...ago seen -whiterobed innocence, &n& flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the shewy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together,...

...ago seen white-robed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists." — I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different people. They,...

...ago seen white-robed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists." — I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different people. They,...

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...very animated appearance, yet the full tide of human existence was Charing Cross. " But," he said, " if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...that the wonderful immensity of London consists." Having enjoyed his walk in this shady court, he would take his slow way to the "Temple Exchange Coffee...

...ago seen •whiterobed innocence and flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, "Sir, son's constitution may not, perhaps, have made life...generally is : for I am sure that he had less enjoyment — I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different people. They,...

...ago seen whiterobed innocence, and flower-bespangled meads." Talking of London, he observed, " Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude...innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the shewy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together,...

...Wise old Dr. Johnson saw this a century ago. If you wish to have a just notion of London, says he, " you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multitude of human habitations which are...

...speak the same language, are as a people distinct from those who live in the ' City.' " Addison. ' If you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of the City you must not be satisfied with its streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little...