"The public-houses of London are as motley an assemblage as can well be imagined - so far as signs are concerned We find among them about 70 royal dukes- 'Cambridge,' 'Clarence,' 4 Cumberland,' 'Gloucester,' ' Sussex,' and 'York' a few royal duchesses: 60 or 70 'Georges' and 'George the Fourths' 'Victorias' and 'Royal Alberts' in great abundance 80 'Crowns' and 20 'Crown and Anchors' 70 'King's Arms' and 90 'King's Heads' 20 'Queen's Arms' and 50 'Queen's Heads.' Next comes a menagerie of extraordinary animals, - 30 ' Green Men,' with or without 'Stills,' 'Bells,' and 'French Horns' 120 'Lions' - red, white, blue, or black 25 'Black Horses,' and 45 'White' 70 'White Harts' 55 'Swans,' black or white as the case may be -and so forth.
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