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At this moment, besides what we have just seen, there is one in Gracechurch Street, and another in Shoreditch, where the passengers are constantly assailed by a little boy, who stands at the door with some bills in his hand, vociferating--Cheap, cheap." "Then," said Bob, "wherever he resides I suppose may really be called Cheapside ?" "With quite as much propriety," continued Ton, "as the place we are now in; for, as the Irishman says in his song, "At a place called Cheapside they sell every thing dear." During this conversation, Mortimer, Merrywell, and Harry were amusing themselves by occasionally addressing the numerous Ladies who were passing, and taking a peep at the shops--giggling with girls, or admiring the taste and elegance displayed in the sale of fashionable and useful articles--justled and impeded every now and then by the throng.
Approaching Bow Church, they made a dead stop for a moment.
"What a beautiful steeple!" exclaimed Bob; "I should, though no architect, prefer this to any I have yet seen in London." "Your remark," replied Dashall, "does credit to your taste; it is considered the finest in the Metropolis.

St.Paul's displays the grand effort of Sir Christopher Wren; but there are many other fine specimens of his genius to be seen in the City.

His Latin Epitaph in St.Paul's may be translated thus: 'If you seek his monument, look around you;' and we may say of this steeple, 'If you wish a pillar to his fame, look up.' The interior of the little church, Walbrook,{1} (St.Stephen's) is likewise considered a 1 This church is perhaps unrivalled, for the beauty of the architecture of its interior.

For harmony of proportion, grace, airiness, variety, and elegance, it is not to be surpassed.