Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . taste, wewould only suggest that we neversaw a finer hotel. Finding a hack 702 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. at the door, we prevail-ed upon the driver toforego his literary laborsfor a short time, andshow US round. About the water allour large Atlantic townsare alike, and Boston isno exception to the rule;but the interior of theold town has somethingdecidedly characteristicin its appearance. Whatcould be more conceitedand pragmatical thanthat State House dome,rising like the phreno-logical bump of self-es-teem inordinately de-vel
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . taste, wewould only suggest that we neversaw a finer hotel. Finding a hack 702 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. at the door, we prevail-ed upon the driver toforego his literary laborsfor a short time, andshow US round. About the water allour large Atlantic townsare alike, and Boston isno exception to the rule;but the interior of theold town has somethingdecidedly characteristicin its appearance. Whatcould be more conceitedand pragmatical thanthat State House dome,rising like the phreno-logical bump of self-es-teem inordinately de-veloped ? What morecrooked, devious, in-comprehensible, mystic-al, narrow, and absurdthan her labyrinthianstreets ? What moreliberal and enlightenedthan her noble Com-mon ? What more ex-pressive of educated re-finement and domesticelegance than her beau-tiful suburban towns and villages ? After the blaze, bustle, and hurry of NewYork, Boston appears provincial, quiet, andslow. Yet, on the other hand, the absence oftawdry and misplaced finery from the streets—.
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