Beneath the pillars of St. Paul's Cathedral

Day Fourteen (London)

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July 26th 2006
"Ay, marry, now my soul hath elbow-room; It would not out at windows, nor at doors. There is so hot a summer in my bosom That all my bowels crumble up to dust" It be-ith hotter than Hades in yon Londontowne. Hark, I doth require better conditioning of the air than the mere spinning of tri blades of plastique in my tiny window. Methinks I shall perish in this Stygian cave forlorn. Not onl ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more