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... John Soane's Museum 294 . The Cemeteries of London The Chinese Collection 304 • 328 The River Thames , the Bridges , and the Thames Tunnel . 339 WALKS IN LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD . OLD HUMPHREY'S CITY viii CONTENTS .
... John Soane's Museum 294 . The Cemeteries of London The Chinese Collection 304 • 328 The River Thames , the Bridges , and the Thames Tunnel . 339 WALKS IN LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD . OLD HUMPHREY'S CITY viii CONTENTS .
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... Bridge , gazing on the steam- boats as they come and go , and on the forest of masts that rises from the bed of the river . And I like to pause in Smithfield , ere I go by the spot where the martyr has " played the man in the fire ...
... Bridge , gazing on the steam- boats as they come and go , and on the forest of masts that rises from the bed of the river . And I like to pause in Smithfield , ere I go by the spot where the martyr has " played the man in the fire ...
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... bridge , looking at the broad moat that surrounds the place , and regarding the huge superannuated pile that never smiled , and that now frowns as darkly as ever . Famous as a fortress , a palace , and a prison , it cannot be regarded ...
... bridge , looking at the broad moat that surrounds the place , and regarding the huge superannuated pile that never smiled , and that now frowns as darkly as ever . Famous as a fortress , a palace , and a prison , it cannot be regarded ...
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... bridge to the Tower was always raised , and the huge , unwieldy gates were always closed . Traitor's Gate looks gloomy ; but if so to me , how much more so must it have appeared to the many who have passed under that low - browed arch ...
... bridge to the Tower was always raised , and the huge , unwieldy gates were always closed . Traitor's Gate looks gloomy ; but if so to me , how much more so must it have appeared to the many who have passed under that low - browed arch ...
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... is hardly perceptible . The marine forest there , the armada on the river , has a goodly appearance ; and the bridges bestriding the noble F stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . 49.
... is hardly perceptible . The marine forest there , the armada on the river , has a goodly appearance ; and the bridges bestriding the noble F stream are striking objects in this splendid pano- rama . CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . 49.
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