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Page 93
... focusses of hitherto unnoticed street- scapes . The Bank is mean , and the only interesting thing about the Royal Exchange is its grasshopper . · But a church of St Peter lets a serene classical SLEEPLESS LONDON . 93.
... focusses of hitherto unnoticed street- scapes . The Bank is mean , and the only interesting thing about the Royal Exchange is its grasshopper . · But a church of St Peter lets a serene classical SLEEPLESS LONDON . 93.
Page 100
... Royal Palaces , dotted about by themselves , are best not seen at all ; the Cathedral is a couple of miles away , looking out on to the narrow alleys of Cheapside and Ludgate Hill , as the Palace of Justice coops in the narrow alley of ...
... Royal Palaces , dotted about by themselves , are best not seen at all ; the Cathedral is a couple of miles away , looking out on to the narrow alleys of Cheapside and Ludgate Hill , as the Palace of Justice coops in the narrow alley of ...
Page 101
... Royal Exchange , tell him that the Mansion House is a charity school and the Bank of England a debtors ' prison he will readily believe both falsehoods and then divert his attention to the people . That boiling whirlpool of men is the ...
... Royal Exchange , tell him that the Mansion House is a charity school and the Bank of England a debtors ' prison he will readily believe both falsehoods and then divert his attention to the people . That boiling whirlpool of men is the ...
Page 195
... Royal people in England finds no place in the German conception of the duties of sovereignty . Meanwhile the Kaiser - but , listen ! music coming ; it must be he at last . street you can see the handkerchiefs dancing in the windows ...
... Royal people in England finds no place in the German conception of the duties of sovereignty . Meanwhile the Kaiser - but , listen ! music coming ; it must be he at last . street you can see the handkerchiefs dancing in the windows ...
Page 197
... to greet his people ; the present Kaiser began by shutting a gate of the Royal palace that had always stood open . It was a small thing , but it was noticed . The old Kaiser and Unser Fritz had a smile and a cheery THE KAISER . 197.
... to greet his people ; the present Kaiser began by shutting a gate of the Royal palace that had always stood open . It was a small thing , but it was noticed . The old Kaiser and Unser Fritz had a smile and a cheery THE KAISER . 197.
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