Oh, I am a citizen of no mean city; but what is that to thee? Thou must be content to know that I am an inhabitant of the great and ancient city of London, which has been the seat of government and the chief seat of trade in this kingdom for many centuries. I was born within the sound of the bells of that celebrated coat, and have been continually residing within the sound of them, except when the time has been spent in travelling abroad, for the purposes of trade, or of improving myself in foreign languages and other branches of useful knowledge. I have been a diligent observer of the various changes and improvements which have been made in and about this great city, from the time of the first William down to the present period; and, if I have not been a partaker
