The size and grandeur of the edifice, indeed, drew down the
ridicule of several of the wits of the age: by one of whom—the facetious Tom
Brown—it was said, "Bedlam is a pleasant place, and abounds with amusements;
—the first of which is the building, so stately a fabric for persons wholly
insensible of the beauty and use of it: the outside being a perfect mockery of the
inside, and admitting of two amusing queries,—Whether the persons that
ordered the building of it, or those that inhabit it, were the maddest? and,
whether the name and thing be not as disagreeable as harp and harrow. "He says he don't understand flash," replied the lady in gentleman's attire. "
"You would, if you had seen what I have. He wanted her named Mary. I came to London to look for you, and somehow the figure I
saw in my dreams had got mixed up with you. It has been said, that the pier of each
arch, or lock of Old London Bridge, was defended from the force of the tide by a
huge projecting spur called a starling. She wanted him so badly it hurt. He took a
handful of almonds and raisins that she held out to him—for both these young
people had given up the practice of going out for luncheon—and kept her hand
for a moment to kiss her finger-tips. “Is this a concession to Mrs.
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