The City is the Centre of its Commerce and Wealth. The Court of its Gallantry and Splendor. The Out-parts of its Numbers and Mechanicks; and in all these, no City in the World can equal it.
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), Vision of Britain Letter 5 (London), Part 2: The City
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I’m with Daniel! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Believe it or not, I have sung Underneath the Arches on stage!
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Do you have that on video to show us, perchance? 🙂
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No, it was before moving pictures had been invented.
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