Letters from England, Volumen 1David Longworth, 1808 |
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Página 132 - ... laid against a king's life. He regularly joined the royal hounds, put himself foremost, and took the most desperate leaps, in the hope that William might break his neck in following him. One day, however, he accomplished one so imminently hazardous, that the king when he came to the spot shook his head and drew back.
Página 70 - It is the peculiar character of the true religion to sanctify what is innocent, and make even merriment meritorious; and it is as peculiarly the character of Calvinism to divest piety of all cheerfulness, and cheerfulness of all piety, as if they could not coexist; and to introduce a graceless and joyless system of manners suitable to a faith which makes the heresy of Manes appear reasonable.
Página 129 - I rather wish ; so bishop Valentine Left us example to do deeds of charity ; To feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit The weak and sick ; to entertain the poor, And give the dead a Christian funeral : These were the works of piety he did practise, And bade us imitate; not look for lovers, Or handsome images to please our senses.
Página 192 - The noise of Birmingham is beyond description ; the hammers seem never to be at rest. The filth is sickening : filthy as some of our own old towns may be, their dirt is inoffensive ; it lies in idle heaps, which annoy none but those who walk within the little reach of their effluvia. But here it is active and moving, a living principle of mischief, which fills the whole atmosphere and penetrates every where, spotting and staining every thing, and getting into the pores and nostrils.
Página 192 - When we look at gold, we do not think of the poor slaves who dug it from the caverns of the earth; but I shall never think of the wealth of England, without remembering that I have been in the mines. Not that the labourers repine at their lot; it is not the least evil of the system, that they are perfectly well satisfied to be poisoned soul and body. Foresight is not a human instinct: the more unwholesome the employment, the higher of course are the wages paid to...
Página 204 - It would have been in vain to argue had I been disposed to it. Mr. was a man of humane and kindly nature, who would not himself use any thing cruelly, and judged of others by his own feelings. I thought of the cities in Arabian romance, where all the inhabitants were enchanted: here Commerce is the queen witch, and I had no talisman strong enough to disenchant those who were daily drinking of the golden cup of her charms. We purchase English cloth, English muslins, English buttons, &c. and admire...
Página 158 - Within the last thirty years a taste for the picturesque has sprung up ; — and a course of summer travelling is now looked upon to be as essential as ever a course of spring physic was in old times. While one of the flocks of fashion migrates to the sea-coast, another flies...
Página 9 - The perpetual stir and bustle in this inn is as surprising as it is wearisome. Doors opening and shutting, bells ringing, voices calling to the waiter from every quarter, while he cries " coming," to one room, and hurries away to another.
Página 42 - I took the other side of the street for the sake of the shop windows, and the variety was greater than I had expected. It took me through a place called Exeter Change, which is precisely a Bazar, a sort of street under cover, or large long room, with a row of shops on either hand, and a thoroughfare between them ; the shops being furnished with such articles »s might tempt an idler, or.
Página 78 - This is made in a vessel of silver, or of a fine black porcelain: they do not use boiled milk with it, but cream instead in its fresh state, which renders it a very delightful beverage. They eat their bitter bread in various ways, either in thin slices, or toasted, or in small hot loaves, always with butter, which is the best thing in the country. The dinner hour is usually five: the labouring part of the community dine at one, the highest ranks at six, seven, or even eight.