VANITY FAIR
Then I saw in my dream that, as Christian and Faithful journeyed onward, they came, by and by, to a large and famous town. The name of that town was Vanity; and a fair was held there all the year round.
The road to the Celestial City was through the midst of the town and the great fair; and so the two pilgrims must needs go that way.
As they walked they saw the places, rows, and streets where all sorts of things were bought and sold. One street was called the English Row, another the French Row, another the Italian Row, another the German Row. Every country in the world had its own place, where its own peculiar kinds of goods were sold.
And as the pilgrims went quietly along, intent upon
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