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"We will now, my dear people," said Mr. Cibber, "proceed to investigate the ecclesiastical Phœnix which has reared its giant head from the ashes of the conflagration, and to criticise its claims to a greatness commensurate with its bulk. "
He spoke of St. Paul's Cathedral, which, in this summer of 1721, had stood some years completed, the stupendous "monument without a tomb" to its creator's genius.