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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space. The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "(contracted; show full)oronation"{{#tag:ref|''The Coronation'' was a theatrical play based on the coronation of [[George III]].<ref name="Hawkinsp46"/>|group="nb"}} and his companion remarks "How they swallow the hum".  A clergymen says "I saw the light on the Clock" while another asks "Now thou Infidel does thou not believe?", prompting his neighbour to reply "Yes if it had happen'd sooner 't would have serv'd me for a new Chara
cter in the Lyar the Story would tell better than the Cat & Kittens".{{#tag:ref|''The Lyar'' was a comedy in three acts produced by the dramatist [[Samuel Foote]].<ref name="Hawkinsp46">{{Harvnb|Hawkins|1883|p=46}}</ref>|group="nb"}}  Another clergyman exclaims "If a Gold Watch knock 3&nbsp;times", and a Parson asks him "Brother don't disturb it".  On the wall, an image of [[The Bottle Conjuror]] is alongside an image o(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of the City of London]]
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