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Furthermore, they ignored the fact that their back yards and back windows presented an unbecoming face to such an incomparably lovely promenade, and the inevitable household rearrangement  by which the drawing rooms were placed in the rear  was literally years in process of achievement. FURTHERMORE THEY IGNORED THE FACT THAT THEIR BACK YARDS AND BACK WINDOWS PRESENTED AN UNBECOMING FACE TO SUCH AN INCOMPARABLY LOVELY PROMENADE AND THE INEVITABLE HOUSEHOLD RE ARRANGEMENT BY WHICH THE DRAWING ROOMS WERE PLACED IN THE REAR WAS LITERALLY YEARS IN THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVEMENT
 the more aristocratic section of the two, there were still enough of the original inhabitants left to scorn these upstart social pretensions. And now Beacon Hill is again coming back into her own: the fine old houses are being carefully, almost worshipfully restored, probably never again to lose their rightful place in the general life of the city. But if Beacon Hill was conservative in regard to the Back Bay, that district, in its turn, showed an equal unprogressiveness in regard to the Esplanade. To the stranger in Boston, delighting in that magnificent walk along the Charles River Embankment, with the arching spans of the Cambridge and Harvard bridges on one side, and the homes of wealth and mellow refinement on the other--a walk which for invigorating beauty compares with any in the cities of men--it seems incredible that when this promenade was laid out a few years ago, the householders along the water's edge absolutely refused to turn their front windows away from Beacon Street. ND THE BACK BAY BECAME THE MORE ARISTOCRATIC SECTION OF THE TWO THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS LEFT TO SCORN THOSE UPSTART SOCIAL PRETENSIONS AND NOW BEACON HILL IS AGAIN COMING BACK INTO HER OWN THE FINE OLD HOUSES ARE BEING CAREFULLY ALMOST WORSHIPFULLY RESTORED PROBABLY NEVER AGAIN TO LOSE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE GENERAL LIFE OF THE CITY BUT IF BEACON HILL WAS CONSERVATIVE IN REGARD TO BACK BAY THAT DISTRICT IN ITS TURN SHOWED AN EQUAL UNPROGRESSIVENESS IN REGARD TO THE ESPLANADE TO THE STRANGER IN BOSTON DELIGHTING IN THAT MAGNIFICENT WALK ALONG THE CHARLES RIVER EMBANKMENT WITH THE ARCHING SPANS OF THE CAMBRIDGE AND HARVARD BRIDGES ON ONE SIDE AND THE HOMES OF WEALTH AND MELLOW REFINEMENT ON THE OTHER A WALK WHICH FOR INVIGORATING BEAUTY COMPARES WITH ANY IN THE CITIES OF MEN IT SEEMS INCREDIBLE THAT WHEN THIS PROMENADE WAS LAID OUT A FEW YEARS AGO THE HOUSEHOLDERS ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO TURN THEIR FRONT WINDOWS AWAY FROM BEACON STREET
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