14/18 The old building, with its "carved maniacs at the gates," was taken down in 1675, and the hospital removed to Moorfields. The second building--the one to which Wordsworth refers--was demolished in 1814 .-- Ed.] [Footnote O: The London "Monument," erected from a design by Sir Christopher Wren, on the spot where the great London Fire of 1666 began .-- Ed.] [Footnote P: The historic Tower of London .-- Ed.] [Footnote Q: A theatre in St.John's Street Road, Clerkenwell, erected in 1765 .-- Ed.] [Footnote R: See 'Samson Agonistes', l. 88 .-- Ed.] [Footnote S: See 'Hamlet', act I.sc.v. l. 100 .-- Ed.] [Footnote T: The story of Mary, "The Maid of Buttermere," as told in the guidebooks, is as follows: 'She was the daughter of the inn-keeper at the Fish Inn. |