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Within The Shadow Of The Shaft.
of the restored metropolis . The great , convenient , profitable , and increasing system of Fire Insurance undoubtedly owed its adoption by , if not its origin in , this country to the great conflagration of 1666 , when Charles and James enacted the parts of amateur firemen—a role I think royalty has sometimes subsequently not disdained to assume . As for youillustrious brotherswithout the slightest respect or
re-, , luctance , I now bid you farewell . I never look upon you in your preposterous Roman habits , cuddling each other on the base of the shaft , * but I am reminded of the old story of the refined Lord Mayor ' s polished Greek toast . It was about the time the brothers Adams constructed the buildings on the site of the scene of poor Lady Jane Grey ' s brief triumphDurham Housein the Strand . It was the
, , day of new streets and fashionable piazzas . For a century after the " great upheaval , " that demon the " speculative builder "—only he wasn't so bad then as he is now—worked his own sweet will with cinereous Augusta ' s " eligible site , " and bran new thoroughfares opened out in all directions . Finsbury , Fitzroy , Grafton , Bloomsbury Squares , all appeared to spring from the ground at once . Well , old Farmer George ' s two brothers—the Dukes of Cumberland
and Gloucester—dined at the Mansion House , and their host , to evince himself a man of letters , elegantly toasted the royal pair as " the Adelphi . " An outraged , but illiterate , Alderman present started up and roared out , " Oh , I say , come ; the West End aint agoin' to crow over the City in this here way . If you tostes the new streets , why—HERE'S FINSBURY SQUARE ! " '
THE ADKLl'HL
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Within The Shadow Of The Shaft.
of the restored metropolis . The great , convenient , profitable , and increasing system of Fire Insurance undoubtedly owed its adoption by , if not its origin in , this country to the great conflagration of 1666 , when Charles and James enacted the parts of amateur firemen—a role I think royalty has sometimes subsequently not disdained to assume . As for youillustrious brotherswithout the slightest respect or
re-, , luctance , I now bid you farewell . I never look upon you in your preposterous Roman habits , cuddling each other on the base of the shaft , * but I am reminded of the old story of the refined Lord Mayor ' s polished Greek toast . It was about the time the brothers Adams constructed the buildings on the site of the scene of poor Lady Jane Grey ' s brief triumphDurham Housein the Strand . It was the
, , day of new streets and fashionable piazzas . For a century after the " great upheaval , " that demon the " speculative builder "—only he wasn't so bad then as he is now—worked his own sweet will with cinereous Augusta ' s " eligible site , " and bran new thoroughfares opened out in all directions . Finsbury , Fitzroy , Grafton , Bloomsbury Squares , all appeared to spring from the ground at once . Well , old Farmer George ' s two brothers—the Dukes of Cumberland
and Gloucester—dined at the Mansion House , and their host , to evince himself a man of letters , elegantly toasted the royal pair as " the Adelphi . " An outraged , but illiterate , Alderman present started up and roared out , " Oh , I say , come ; the West End aint agoin' to crow over the City in this here way . If you tostes the new streets , why—HERE'S FINSBURY SQUARE ! " '
THE ADKLl'HL