...and astonishing." " But Sir Thomas Gresham's statue," says Evelyn, " though fallen from its niche, remained entire, when all those of the kings since the Conquest were broken to pieces." Samuel Rolle, a clergyman of the time, who wrote a great many discourses and meditations about that...

...building fell upon them. " But Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, ' says Evelyn, " though fallen from its niche, remained entire, when all those of the kings since the conquest were broken to pieces." Sir Christopher Wren, who had the glory, at a later period, of building St. Paul's, and so many other...

...building fell upon them. " But Sir Thomas Gresham's statue/' says Evelyn, " though fallen from its niche, remained entire, when all those of the kings since the conquest were broken to nieces." Sir Christopher Wren, who had the glory, at a later period, of building St. Paul's, and so...

...which was added the stench that came from some poor creatures' bodies, beds, &c. Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Royal...little detriment, whilst the vast iron chains of the city streets, hinges, bars, and gates of prisons, were many of them melted and reduced to cinders by...

...which was added the stench that came from some poor creatures' bodies, beds, &c. Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Royal...little detriment ; whilst the vast iron chains of the city streets, hinges, bars, and gates of prisons, were many of them melted, and reduced to cinders...

...creatures' bodies, beds, &c. Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Eoyal Exchange, remained entire, when all those of the kings...little detriment, whilst the vast iron chains of the city streets, hinges, bars, and gates of prisons, were many of them melted and reduced to cinders by...

...creatures' bodies, beds, &c. Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Boyal Exchange, remained entire, when all those of the kings...little detriment, whilst the vast iron chains of the city streets, hinges, bars, and gates of prisons, were many of them melted and reduced to cinders by...

...noise as was dreadful and astonishing;" but Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche, remained entire when all those of the kings since the Conquest were broken to pieces. The second Exchange was built from the designs of Mr. Jerman, one of the City surveyors, the Gresham...

...noise as was dreadful and astonishing ;" but Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche, remained entire when all those of the kings since the Conquest were broken to pieces. The second Exchange was built from the designs of Mr. Jerman, one of the City surveyors, the Gresham...

...with it worthy of note, from which I give Evelyn's own words as a sample : — " Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Royal Exchange, remained "entire, when all those of ye Kings since ye Conquest were broken to pieces ; also the Standard " in Cornhill, and Queen Elizabeth's...