Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 176
eeight bells ceased their clanging. The grasshopper was unharmed, and to thisday remains, eleven feet of shimmering metallooking down from its perch one hundred andeight feet above the busy streets. There is a legend — containing how muchtruth no man dare say— that Thomas Greshamwas brought from… … LOMBARD STREET—REVIVING THE OLD SIGNS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THECORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII. rescued, the lad, a comely fellow, was placed inschool, grew up to be the counselor of kingsand queens, and the founder of an exchange thatholds a dominating power in the commerce ofthe habitable…
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