Author(s): Unknown Author
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 70
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-01-20
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 6mm
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Illustrations: 10 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from A Trip From St. James's to the Royal Exchange: With Remarks Serious and Diverting, on the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Inhabitants of London and Westminster I. Ondon is the grand Refervoir, or common-sewer of the World Like the O cean, wherein the muddy and dirty Brooks, as well as the clear'and rapid Rivers, difembogue themfelves, this City receives the Scum and Filth, not only of our own, but of all other Countries Italian, French, German, Dutch Gentry, continu ally transferring themfelves hither; where they foon grow great, meeting with Encouragement more than the Natives, and laugh at their Good nature for preferring them to their own Country men. France furnifhes Cooks, Valets do Chambre, Dancers, and Teachers of French, who feldom underfiand a Sentence of Englijh Italy fupplies us with Fidlers and Eunuchs, and other Gentry remarkable for running in Debt, and forgetting to pay. Scotland fends us Pedlars, Beggars, and Quacks and Ireland, Evidences, Robbers, and Bullies. Lvales has pour'd more illufirious Gen try into London than any other Country, and has likewife furnifhed more Chairmen, Footmen, and Porters, mof'cly of very ancient Houfes, who daily condefcend to fer-vile Employments, not withf'canding their eminent Extratt and fublime Defecat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.