. Vanishing England . his old dwelling-place. We will now start back to town by the coach whichleaves the Maids Head (or did leave in 1762) at half-pasteleven in the forenoon, and hope to arrive in London onthe following day, and thence hasten southward toCanterbury. Along this Dover road are some of thebest inns in England: the Bull at Dartford, with itsgalleried courtyard, once a pilgrims hostel ; the Bull and Victoria at Rochester, reminiscent of Pick-wick ; themodern Crown that supplants a venerable inn whereHenry VIII first beheld Anne of Cleves ; the WhiteHart ; and the George, where pil
. Vanishing England . his old dwelling-place. We will now start back to town by the coach whichleaves the Maids Head (or did leave in 1762) at half-pasteleven in the forenoon, and hope to arrive in London onthe following day, and thence hasten southward toCanterbury. Along this Dover road are some of thebest inns in England: the Bull at Dartford, with itsgalleried courtyard, once a pilgrims hostel ; the Bull and Victoria at Rochester, reminiscent of Pick-wick ; themodern Crown that supplants a venerable inn whereHenry VIII first beheld Anne of Cleves ; the WhiteHart ; and the George, where pilgrims stayed ; and soon to Canterbury, a city of memories, which happilyretains many features of old English life that have notaltogether vanished. Its grand cathedral, its churches,St. Augustines College, its quaint streets, like ButcheryLane, with their houses bending forward in a friendlymanner to almost meet each other, as well as its old inns,like the Falstaff in High Street, near West Gate, stand- rwwst - <». I* J2o p uo a ctf3 c c I—I c15 oQ V H 250 VANISHING ENGLAND ing on the site of a pilgrims inn, with its sign showingthe valiant and portly knight, and supported by elaborateironwork, its tiled roof and picturesque front, all com-bine to make Canterbury as charming a place of modernpilgrimage as it was attractive to the pilgrims of anothersort who frequented its inns in days of yore.
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