The Great Metropolis, Volume 5T. Foster, 1837 - 329 pagina's |
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Pagina 143 - notes and observations" of a magistrate of the county of Middlesex, upon the minutes of evidence taken before a select committee appointed by the House of Commons, to inquire into the state of the police of the metropolis.
Pagina 64 - instituted for the association of individuals, known for their scientific or literary attainments, artists of eminence in any class of the fine arts, and noblemen and gentlemen distinguished as liberal patrons of science, literature, or the arts.
Pagina 168 - The Universal Register has been a name as injurious to the logographic newspaper as Tristram was to Mr. Shandy's son ; but old Shandy forgot he might have rectified, by confirmation, the mistake of the parson at baptism, and with the touch of a Bishop, have changed Tristram to Trismegistus.
Pagina 169 - ... to be found even in the HEADS of the State, the heads of the Church, the heads of the Law, the heads of the Navy, the heads of the Army, and though last, not least, the great heads of the Universities.
Pagina 277 - For myself, personally, I care but little about it, though, if I were capable of uttering such nonsense as is here put into my mouth, it is high time that, instead of being a member of this house, I were an inmate of some lunatic asylum. It is for the dignity of this house that I feel concerned; for if honourable members were capable of listening to such nonsense, supposing me capable of giving expression to it, it were much more appropriate to call this a theatre for the performance of farces, than...
Pagina 168 - I'll see it there,' answers the disappointed politician, and he goes to the New Exchange, and calls for the Register; upon which the waiter tells him he cannot have it, as he is not a subscriber, or presents him with the Court and City Register...
Pagina 127 - All is pleasing ; all pretty ; all serviceable in passing the time ; but all unsubstantial. If man had nothing to do here below but to spend without pain or uneasiness the hours not devoted to sleep, certainly there would be no reason to complain of these coteries. But if he is accountable for his time, then surely he has no right to pass it thus. Compared with this, chess becomes a science ; drafts and backgammon are highly respectable.
Pagina 169 - Herald has cut off half of its head, and has lost its original humour. The Post, it is true, retains its whole head and its old features ; and as to the other public prints, they appear as having neither heads nor tails.
Pagina 248 - My damage is a scratch, about three quarters of an inch in length, on the third finger of the left hand, which I received from the iron railing I was forced against, and three buttons torn from my vest, which any tailor will reinstate for a sixpence. His loss is a rent from top to bottom of a very beautiful black coat, which cost the ruffian $40, and a blow in the face, which may have knocked down his throat some of his infernal teeth for anything I know. Balance in my favor $39.94.
Pagina 168 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register!' The waiter answers, 'Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange Coffee-house.'