No two adjacent streets in London had more to do with each other than had the lanes of Rotherhithe and the lanes of Limehouse.
Westminster and Lambeth were further apart, and less connected by friendly intercourse.

The frequenters of the ferry were found to outnumber the passengers over Waterloo Bridge by ten to one.
Indeed, so lamentable a proposition as this of building a bridge across the river had never before been mooted by the public.

Men conversant with such matters gave it as their opinion that no amount of tolls that could reasonably be expected would pay one per cent on the money which it was proposed to expend; that sum, however, they stated, would not more than half cover the full cost of the bridge.

Traffic would be prohibited by the heavy charges which would be necessary, and the probability would be that the ferry would still continue to be the ordinary mode of crossing the river.
A gentleman, accustomed to use strong figures of speech, declared that if such a bridge were built, the wisest course would be to sow the surface with grass, and let it out for grazing.

This witness was taken specially in hand by Mr.Nogo, and targed very tightly.