...throng'd, so drain'd, and so supplied, As London, opulent, enlarg'd, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old, Not more the glory of the earth, than...she A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now." Mr. Lynn, whenever he could, availed himself of the advantages which the city held out. He visited...

...for, " WTicre has commerce such a mart As London — opulent, enlarg'd, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old • Not more the glory of the earth than she, A more aecomplish'd world's chief glory now." So writes Cowper, and the quotation is singularly applicable...

...to poetic ears, than the description of the citizen's delight in a glimpse of flowers on his wall : The villas with which London stands begirt, Like a swarth Indian with Ms belt of beads, Prove it. A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms To sooth the rich possessor,...

...throng'd, so drain'd, and so supplied, As London — opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth than...she, A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now. She has her praise. Now mark a spot or two, That so much beauty would do well to purge ; And show this...

...thronged, so drained, and so supplied, 720 As London — opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth than she, A more accomplished world's chief glory now. She has her praise. Now mark a spot or two, 725 That so much...

...Naples lies along the bay, and in the clear air may be comprehended at a glance ; but London, and " The villas with which London stands begirt Like a swarth Indian, with hia belt of beads," forms its own horizon of houses, while whole cities lie beyond. From St. Paul's,...

...thronged, so drained, and so supplied| As London, opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London T\ Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth,] than she A more accomplished world's chief glory now.] 725 She has her praise. | Now mark a spot or two] That so much...

...throng'd. so drain'd, and so supplied, As London — opulent, enlarg'd, and still Increasing London 1 ch'd by fate in early youth away ; And herf— thro' tedious ye accomplished world's chief glory now. Booki. The gin-palace : Behold the schools, in which plebeian...

...thronged, so drained, and so supplie As London — opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth than she, A more accomplished world's chief glory now. She has her praise. Nowmark^a spot or two, That so much beauty...

...so thronged, so drained, and so supplied As London, opulent, enlarged, and still Increasing London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth, than she A more accomplished world's chief glory now.f During the progress of his last illness, Johnson's affection...