...England in times when noblemen ' were destitute of comforts, the want of which would be in' tolerable to a modern footman, when farmers and shopkeepers...than they now die in the most pestilential ' lanes in our towns, and when men died faster in the lanes of ' our towns than they now die on the coast of...

...golden age of this country in the days of Charles II., in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...raise a riot in a modern workhouse, when men died in the purest country air faster than they now do in the most pestilential lanes of our towns, and...

...says Macaulay, " to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...died faster in the purest country air than they now do in the most pestilential lanes of our towns — and when men died faster in our towns than they...

...says Macaulay, " to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...died faster in the purest country air than they now do in the most pestilential lanes of our towns — and when men died faster in our towns than they...

...now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts, the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the very eight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse ; and when men died faster in the purest country...

...ages " noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern footman, farmers and shopkeepers breakfasted on loaves the...of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse." But if it be folly to chase backward through time a vanishing mirage, we may confidently look forward...

...now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...than they now die in the most pestilential lanes of onr towns, and when men died faster in the lanes of our towns than they now die on the coast of Guiana....

...golden age of 58 THE AGE AND ITS ARCHITECTS. England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts, the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...very sight of which would raise a riot in a modern workhouse—when men died faster in the purest country air than they now do in the most pestilential...

...now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts, the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...died faster in the purest country air than they now do on the coast of Guinea ; we too shall in our turn be outstripped, and in our turn be envied. It...

...now the fashion to place the golden age of England in times when noblemen were destitute of comforts, the want of which would be intolerable to a modern...died faster in the purest country air than they now do on the coast of Guinea ; we too shall in our turn be outstripped, and in our turn be envied. It...