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Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
side and Guildhall , into Fleet-ditch . These swamps are all filled up . Some are raised twenty feet above their former level ; that , north of Cheapside , was done in 1414 . —Still this was a British city , and in this state , there is reason to think , the Romans found it . But ¦ we are not to suppose all the ground built up ; great part was taken up in gardens , fields , and waste lands . . Some writers are very apt to treat the Britons as savages . This
doctrine was first taught by the Romans , as a compliment to themselves for refining them . But they forget that Cassar found England divided into twenty-nine provinces , governed by as many sovereigns ; and every one knows that provincial government is a strong feature of civilization . The Romanssensible of this advantageous situation , made it their
, emporium , placed the residence of their consul in this new suburb , and the stone was fixed in the centre of the city . This is confirmed by two remarks . Sir Christopher Wren , removing the foundation of some old houses near London Stone , after the great fire in 1666 , discovered a Roman pavement . In prosecuting his researches , he found the remains of
two large buildings ; one , he concluded , was-the . governor ' s palace , the other , the court of justice . The stone stood in the Forum . One of the four Pretorian roads , called Watling-street , rises near Dover , and proceeds north-west , in a direct line to the Irish Sea , near Chester . I know no town it originally passed through , except London— ¦ " Thilke wey by mony town doth wende . " nOBETtT OF GLOUCESTER .
and here it penetrated the very centre of the city , as it then appeared : in this street the stone stood , and now stands . Part of the street retains its original name of Watling-street ; another has acquired the appellation of Cannon-street ; another of East-Cheap , & c . Thus the Romans improved the city , caused their grand road to pass through its centre , and placed their golden stone in the road , from which they took their measurements in every direction .
When the famous Jack Cade approached the city , in 1450 , as he marched b 3 London Stone , he struck it with his sword , and exclaimed , " Now is Mortimer Lord of this city . " The only sentence of intelligence that ever escaped him ; and seems to have been uttered in an ectac 3 of joy , at the prospect of success . This circumstance , although forgotten b 3 our historians , is a convincing proof ) that Richard , Duke of York , was the instigator of that rebellion .
PANTHEON . It is curious to observe the progress of that mo . st predominant of the human , passions , Pride . Love is as powerful , but his reign is short . Pride appears at an earty period , and continues for life : Before the infant can lisp out a word , it rejoices at the sight of a new
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
side and Guildhall , into Fleet-ditch . These swamps are all filled up . Some are raised twenty feet above their former level ; that , north of Cheapside , was done in 1414 . —Still this was a British city , and in this state , there is reason to think , the Romans found it . But ¦ we are not to suppose all the ground built up ; great part was taken up in gardens , fields , and waste lands . . Some writers are very apt to treat the Britons as savages . This
doctrine was first taught by the Romans , as a compliment to themselves for refining them . But they forget that Cassar found England divided into twenty-nine provinces , governed by as many sovereigns ; and every one knows that provincial government is a strong feature of civilization . The Romanssensible of this advantageous situation , made it their
, emporium , placed the residence of their consul in this new suburb , and the stone was fixed in the centre of the city . This is confirmed by two remarks . Sir Christopher Wren , removing the foundation of some old houses near London Stone , after the great fire in 1666 , discovered a Roman pavement . In prosecuting his researches , he found the remains of
two large buildings ; one , he concluded , was-the . governor ' s palace , the other , the court of justice . The stone stood in the Forum . One of the four Pretorian roads , called Watling-street , rises near Dover , and proceeds north-west , in a direct line to the Irish Sea , near Chester . I know no town it originally passed through , except London— ¦ " Thilke wey by mony town doth wende . " nOBETtT OF GLOUCESTER .
and here it penetrated the very centre of the city , as it then appeared : in this street the stone stood , and now stands . Part of the street retains its original name of Watling-street ; another has acquired the appellation of Cannon-street ; another of East-Cheap , & c . Thus the Romans improved the city , caused their grand road to pass through its centre , and placed their golden stone in the road , from which they took their measurements in every direction .
When the famous Jack Cade approached the city , in 1450 , as he marched b 3 London Stone , he struck it with his sword , and exclaimed , " Now is Mortimer Lord of this city . " The only sentence of intelligence that ever escaped him ; and seems to have been uttered in an ectac 3 of joy , at the prospect of success . This circumstance , although forgotten b 3 our historians , is a convincing proof ) that Richard , Duke of York , was the instigator of that rebellion .
PANTHEON . It is curious to observe the progress of that mo . st predominant of the human , passions , Pride . Love is as powerful , but his reign is short . Pride appears at an earty period , and continues for life : Before the infant can lisp out a word , it rejoices at the sight of a new