a landlord serving his guests ; and, be it remembered, these guests were not by any means of the lowest rank of life ; A seemly man our hoste was withal. For to have ben a marshall in an hall, A large man he was with eyen steep, A fairer burgess was there none in Chepe : Bold of his speeche, and… … The Tabard in 1722. down, and is now replaced by a tall brick building. Had we not enough and to spare of these tall brick buildings ? At the time when Knight wrote his History of London^ the original house was sufficiently complete for him to leave us a description of the old arched entrance to…
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