...fire. These lines have long since been erased from the stone and live only in the couplet of Pope : Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies. That the High Master only reflected public opinion of his day is shown by the fact...

...Catholics. After a time people realized how false this was, as the poet Pope shows in his lines, — "Where London's column pointing to the skies Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies," and some seventy years ago the inscription was erased. The fire was scarcely out,...

...Attributed to Catholics. Why? Cf. Nero. Inscription on Monument (name of station now). Pope says of it :— " Where London's column pointing to the skies Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies ". TS f Loss of fortune to many. Cq | Ruin and starvation. f A blessing in disguise....

...Attributed to Catholics. Why? C/. Nero. Inscription on Monument (name of station now). Pope says of it :— " Where London's column pointing to the skies Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies ". -« I Loss of fortune to many. ttj | Ruin and starvation. fA blessing in disguise....

...upreared to commemorate it bore the legend to that effect, calling forth Alexander Pope's lines: " Where London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies." St. James' Palace was another of Henry VIII. 's seizures. It was once a hospital,...

...the hands of the civic authorities for realisation. Let us forget, if we can, what they made of it: London's column pointing to the skies. Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies. The amenities of modern society have prevailed at last. The lie is expunged, and the "tall bully,"...

...the hands of the civic authorities for realisation. Let us forget, if we can, what they made of it: London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the bead and lies. The amenities of modern society have prevailed at last. The lie is expunged, and the...

...city. This unjust charge was afterwards erased. The poet Alexander Pope wrote of it the following : " Where London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies." In spite of the great loss of property, the fire was a good thing for London. A...

...Common Council, dated January 2G, 1831. Pope refers to this inscription in the well-known lines: " Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts its head and lies." The loss of Old St. Paul's and so many pre-reformation churches is too sad to think...

...writing of the Monument, and referring to the charge of the inscription as without foundation, said: Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. On the spot where King William joins Cannon Street is the statue of King William IV. Here for generations...