. Lamb's friend the census-taker; life and letters of John Rickman . it; we were close to the otherarchway entrance to the court; this was very old and shabbywithout any architectural merits, and dark to pass through,60 or 70 feet in length. Close to our door, and closer to thisarch, was a narrow door and passage which led into agarden in which were laburnum trees and a lawn : this wasMr. Wildes garden. The passage passed under someofficial rooms of the Exchequer, an old wooden buildingof Queen Elizabeths time, standing on wooden legs. held the office of Keeper of the Exchequer . . [h
. Lamb's friend the census-taker; life and letters of John Rickman . it; we were close to the otherarchway entrance to the court; this was very old and shabbywithout any architectural merits, and dark to pass through,60 or 70 feet in length. Close to our door, and closer to thisarch, was a narrow door and passage which led into agarden in which were laburnum trees and a lawn : this wasMr. Wildes garden. The passage passed under someofficial rooms of the Exchequer, an old wooden buildingof Queen Elizabeths time, standing on wooden legs. held the office of Keeper of the Exchequer . . [hishouse] stood so close to the river Thames that at springtide there was great pleasure to us children in dippingour fingers down into the water from the sitting roomwindows. . How much better our house was than Mr. Wildesbecause it was at the beginning of the garden, so we hada bright, pleasant piece of ground, with a terrace and railsto the river, and the roses and other flowers grew luxuriantly,and against the end of Mr. Wildes house on the terrace there. ... < ?§?
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