Oldal 259 [259]
At the old-fashioned little office of Mr.
Punch we come to a fine view, greatly im¬
proved of late years, of St. Bride’s Church,
the steeple of which is one of Wren’s master¬
pieces. Mr. Hawkins, the present vicar, says
of it, with a pardonable partiality, that "its
interior is only surpassed by that of St.
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whom obtained it from
Bishop Jewell of Salis¬
bury. Here John Locke
was living when he wrote
the famous Assay on the
fluman Understanding.
Richardson, the novelist,
was a printer in Salis¬
bury Court, or Square,
as it is now called, and
here for a short time
employed Oliver Gold¬
smith to correct the
press. Ihe house was at
the north-western corner.
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