Walks in London . Mg^%. GATE OF KENSINGTON PALACE. gardens, a very neat villa. The king employed Wren to add a storyto the old house, which forms the north front of the existing palace,and to build the present south front. William, who always sufferedfrom asthma in London, and thought that he breathed more freely inthe purer air, delighted in Kensington. In order that he might moreeasily reach Whitehall and Westminster, a high-road was made throughHyde Park and St. Jamess Park, and was lighted by a chain of 344 Walks in London lanthorns at night. The improvement of the palace became his passio
Walks in London . Mg^%. GATE OF KENSINGTON PALACE. gardens, a very neat villa. The king employed Wren to add a storyto the old house, which forms the north front of the existing palace,and to build the present south front. William, who always sufferedfrom asthma in London, and thought that he breathed more freely inthe purer air, delighted in Kensington. In order that he might moreeasily reach Whitehall and Westminster, a high-road was made throughHyde Park and St. Jamess Park, and was lighted by a chain of 344 Walks in London lanthorns at night. The improvement of the palace became his passion,and while he was absent in Ireland Queen Marys letters to her irasciblespouse are full of the progress of his works there, and of abject apologiesbecause she could not prevent chimneys smoking and rooms smellingof paint. Immediately after the kings return from Holland (Nov. 10,1691), a great fire broke out in the palace, in which William and Mary,having narrowly escaped being burnt in their beds, fled into the garden,
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