Harper, Charles George, 1863- · London, Chapman & Hall · leaf 94
THE NORWICH ROAD ;6 passed and the open country reached. A modern touch here is the bronze statue of Gladstone, in advance of the church, facing westwards in de- clamatory attitude from its granite pedestal, and erected in his lifetime ; recalling the fervent hero- worshipping days of the "People's… … they be made of finer clay than most mortals, kings and princes, and the like. Of recent years this bronze Gladstone has, in our vulgar way, been made to preside, as it were, over an underground public convenience, from whose too obtrusive midst he rises, absurdly eloquent. Just how…
Norwich Road · England -- Description and travel
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