[127] It is said that in the children’s game of ‘Oranges and Lemons, say the bells of S. Clement’s, &c.’ the best peals of bells in London are enumerated. I do not know the date of the game.
[128] Repertorium, vol. i. p. 437–440. Newcourt.
[129] Hist. of Modern Architecture. Fergusson, pp. 306–307.
[130] Hist. of the Honourable Artillery Company. Captain Raikes, vol. i. p. 194.
[131] To this church and parish belongs the honourable distinction of having successfully resisted the encroachments of the railway company which recently attempted to desecrate the church. ‘The City Church and Churchyard Protection Society’—alas! that any such society should be needed—which fought this battle, must have the best wishes of any biographer of Christopher Wren.
[132] The interior has been lately altered.
[133] History of Modern Architecture. Fergusson, p. 307.
[134] Antonio Canova, born 1757, died 1822. He had come to England to see the Elgin Marbles.
[135] History of the Royal Society, p. 237. Weld. The anecdote is taken from an article in an old Gentleman’s Magazine, written professedly by one who knew Sir I. Newton.
[136] Destroyed 1876.