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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgLittleBritainLittleBritainbyWashingtonIrving1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgLittleBritainWhatIwriteismosttrue...IhaveawholebookeofcaseslyingbymewhichifIshouldsettefoorth,somegraveauntients(withinthehearingofBowbell)wouldbeoutofcharitywithme.NASHE.INthecentreofthegreatcityofLond
2、onliesasmallneighborhood,consistingofaclusterofnarrowstreetsandcourts,ofveryvenerableanddebilitatedhouses,whichgoesbythenameofLITTLEBRITAIN.ChristChurchSchoolandSt.Bartholomew'sHospitalbounditonthewest;SmithfieldandLongLaneonthenorth;AldersgateStreet,likeanarmofthesea,dividesitfromthe
3、easternpartofthecity;whilsttheyawninggulfofBull-and-MouthStreetseparatesitfromButcherLane,andtheregionsofNewgate.Overthislittleterritory,thusboundedanddesignated,thegreatdomeofSt.Paul's,swellingabovetheinterveninghousesofPaternosterRow,AmenCorner,andAveMariaLane,looksdownwithanairofmo
4、therlyprotection.Thisquarterderivesitsappellationfromhavingbeen,inancienttimes,theresidenceoftheDukesofBrittany.AsLondonincreased,however,rankandfashionrolledofftothewest,andtrade,creepingonattheirheels,tookpossessionoftheirdesertedabodes.ForsometimeLittleBritainbecamethegreatmartofle
5、arning,andwaspeopledbythebusyandprolificraceofbooksellers;thesealsograduallydesertedit,and,emigratingbeyondthegreatstraitofNewgateStreet,settleddowninPaternosterRowandSt.Paul'sChurchyard,wheretheycontinuetoincreaseandmultiplyevenatthepresentday.Butthoughthusfallingintodecline,LittleBr
6、itainstillbearstracesofitsformersplendor.Thereareseveralhousesreadytotumbledown,thefrontsofwhicharemagnificentlyenrichedwitholdoakencarvingsofhideousfaces,unknownbirds,beasts,andfishes;andfruitsandflowerswhichitwouldperplexanaturalisttoclassify.Therearealso,inAldersgateStreet,certainr
7、emainsofwhatwereoncespaciousandlordlyfamilymansions,butwhichhaveinlatterdaysbeensubdividedinto2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgLittleBritainseveraltenements.Heremayoftenbefoundthefamilyofapettytradesman,withitstrumperyfurniture,burrowingamongtherelicsofantiquatedfinery,ingreat,rambling,time-staine
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