. The Saturday magazine . MuQii^^im^ 23^?, 1833. 5 Prick [ Onk Penny UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDIirATinMAPPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEIXJE. VIEW OF THE NEW OPENING TO THE MONUMENT OF LONDON. Vol. II. 4b 106 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. [March 23, THE after the Fire of London, which happened inSeptember, 1666, Sir Christopher Wren submitted tothe public a design for rebuildmg the city in a mannerwhich he considered worthy of the metropohs ofEngland. But it appears that the citizens were inhaste to return to their occupations
. The Saturday magazine . MuQii^^im^ 23^?, 1833. 5 Prick [ Onk Penny UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDIirATinMAPPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEIXJE. VIEW OF THE NEW OPENING TO THE MONUMENT OF LONDON. Vol. II. 4b 106 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. [March 23, THE after the Fire of London, which happened inSeptember, 1666, Sir Christopher Wren submitted tothe public a design for rebuildmg the city in a mannerwhich he considered worthy of the metropohs ofEngland. But it appears that the citizens were inhaste to return to their occupations, which had beensuspended by the recent calamity; they wc-e fondof the former situations of streets and buildings;and, above all, the architects proposed plan was avery expensive one, including no small sacrifice ofprivate property. Under these circumstances, wecan scarcely wonder, and have only to regret, thatthe plan was rejected. The city rose once more fromits ashes : the streets were wider than before, butunmarked, in general, by elegance of architec-ture, or regularity of design. Still, however, thesudden destruction of so many parish churches, andvarious public buildings, furnished ample
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