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1、“LittleBritain”byWashingtonIrvingisapublicationofthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.ThisPortableDocumentfileisfurnishedfreeandwithoutanychargeofanykind.Anypersonusingthisdocumentfile,foranypurpose,andinanywaydoessoathisorherownrisk.NeitherthePennsylvaniaStateUniversitynorJimManis,FacultyEdi
2、tor,noranyoneassociatedwiththePennsylvaniaStateUniversityassumesanyresponsibilityforthematerialcontainedwithinthedocumentorforthefileasanelectronictransmission,inanyway.“LittleBritain”byWashingtonIrving,thePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,JimManis,FacultyEditor,Hazleton,PA18201-1291isaPortab
3、leDocumentFileproducedaspartofanongoingstudentpublicationproject,thePennsylvaniaStateUniversity’sElectronicClassicsSeries,tobringclassicalworksofliterature,inEnglish,tofreeandeasyaccessofthosewishingtomakeuseofthem.Copyright©1998ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityThePennsylvaniaStateUniversi
4、tyisanequalopportunityUniversity.“LittleBritain”-WashingtonIrvinghouses,whichgoesbythenameofLittleBritain.ChristChurchSchoolandSt.Bartholomew’sHospitalbounditonLittleBritainthewest;SmithfieldandLongLaneonthenorth;AldersgateStreet,likeanarmofthesea,dividesitfromtheeasternpartofthecity;wh
5、ilsttheyawninggulfofBull-and-MouthStreetbyseparatesitfromButcherLane,andtheregionsofNewgate.WashingtonIrvingOverthislittleterritory,thusboundedanddesignated,thegreatdomeofSt.Paul’s,swellingabovetheinterveninghousesofPaternosterRow,AmenCorner,andAveMariaLane,looksdownwithanairofmotherlyp
6、rotection.Thisquarterde-rivesitsappellationfromhavingbeen,inancienttimes,theWhatIwriteismosttrue…IhaveawholebookeofcasesresidenceoftheDukesofBrittany.AsLondonincreased,lyingbymewhichifIshouldsettefoorth,somegravehowever,rankandfashionrolledofftothewest,andtrade,auntients(withinthehearin
7、gofBowbell)wouldbeoutofcreepingonattheirheels,tookpossessionoftheirdesertedcharitywithme.abodes.ForsometimeLittleBritainbecamethegreatmartoflearning,andwaspeopledbythebusyandprolificraceofNASHE.booksellers;thesealsograduallydesertedit,and,emigratingbeyondthegreatstraitofNewgate
