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able ‘‘to live within his income,” and in some cases he greatly exceeds
it and is obliged to draw largely on his private resources.
One other civic building must be noticed. Most antiquaries will
be sorry when Newgate Prison is pulled down. It is an admirable
example of the architecture of a century ago. Although the height is
only 50 feet, the proportions are so good that the mere mass and outline
remind one of a Norman keep. It is gloomy, strong, impressive,
and evidently intended to look what it is—a prison. The design is
by George Dance, who built the Mansion House. It is now
about to disappear and cease to be a landmark. I have already
spoken of Newgate as the oldest of the city gates, or as being
probably of the same age as Bishopsgate, and I have tried to show that
this date may be fixed somewhere between 360 A.D. and 370. To
account for the name of this ancient gate we must remember that
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