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Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A TOUR THROUGH LONDON ,
IN . DECEMBER 178 4 .
BY W . HUTTON , OE BIRMINGHAM , F . S . At- SCO . :
THE Remarks of this Gentleman in " -A Tour through' Westminster Abbey " , inserted in our last two . Numbers ; having been spoken of with Approbation'by - many of our Readers , it is our Intention occasionall y to . furnish them Avith lurther Amusement from the same Source . ' ¦
LONDON . ' ¦¦ -.. j ¦ . ' A LAS ! how , shall I see London in a black December ? The sun , A . x . and the people of distinction , have left it . It is counted forlorn by its own inhabitants . The weather is dark , cold , and Avet ; and a hackney coach is but ill calculated for a man to view London . The Court is at Windsor , The two . Houses of Parliamentjare not open . Vauxhall Raneiagh "
, Astley ' s ,-Sadler's Wells , Hughes ' s , and the Courts at Westminster , are shut , as is every place ' of ' resort , but the theatres ; nay , . even Kensington and the Park are locked up by the weather . I shall see but a-small part of London , and that by candlellgllt . •'• : .. "' If a work be . forced upon us , it immediatel y becomes a burden ; out it takeitfrochoice
Aye | : _ m , it is ; no longer a task , but an amusement . lerliaps , thereis notaman in London , who would choose to walk ^ tra F tW , C ^ 0 Ve ^ n ^ . winter ' s ni ght , between St . James ' s and Mile-End . . turnpike . . This journey of unaccountable pleasure cost me four hours and a half . . . V LAMPS .
The lamps are Well disposed . Not a corner of , this prodigious city is unhghted They have every where a surprising effect ; f nd in the straighter streets , particularl y at the west end of the town , and Avhere those streets cross each other at ri ght angles , the si ght is most beautiful . But this innumerable multitude of lamps affords only a small quantity of light ,, cpmpared to the shops . By these the whole city P joys a nocturnal illumination ; the prospects are preserved , andmiscnet prevented , I have counted twenty-two candles in one little
By the vast profusion of oil , Avax , and talloAv , the stranger will nanaHy suppose they cost nothing , or that money flows in with the same . ease as the tide , and that a fortune is burnt up every night
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Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A TOUR THROUGH LONDON ,
IN . DECEMBER 178 4 .
BY W . HUTTON , OE BIRMINGHAM , F . S . At- SCO . :
THE Remarks of this Gentleman in " -A Tour through' Westminster Abbey " , inserted in our last two . Numbers ; having been spoken of with Approbation'by - many of our Readers , it is our Intention occasionall y to . furnish them Avith lurther Amusement from the same Source . ' ¦
LONDON . ' ¦¦ -.. j ¦ . ' A LAS ! how , shall I see London in a black December ? The sun , A . x . and the people of distinction , have left it . It is counted forlorn by its own inhabitants . The weather is dark , cold , and Avet ; and a hackney coach is but ill calculated for a man to view London . The Court is at Windsor , The two . Houses of Parliamentjare not open . Vauxhall Raneiagh "
, Astley ' s ,-Sadler's Wells , Hughes ' s , and the Courts at Westminster , are shut , as is every place ' of ' resort , but the theatres ; nay , . even Kensington and the Park are locked up by the weather . I shall see but a-small part of London , and that by candlellgllt . •'• : .. "' If a work be . forced upon us , it immediatel y becomes a burden ; out it takeitfrochoice
Aye | : _ m , it is ; no longer a task , but an amusement . lerliaps , thereis notaman in London , who would choose to walk ^ tra F tW , C ^ 0 Ve ^ n ^ . winter ' s ni ght , between St . James ' s and Mile-End . . turnpike . . This journey of unaccountable pleasure cost me four hours and a half . . . V LAMPS .
The lamps are Well disposed . Not a corner of , this prodigious city is unhghted They have every where a surprising effect ; f nd in the straighter streets , particularl y at the west end of the town , and Avhere those streets cross each other at ri ght angles , the si ght is most beautiful . But this innumerable multitude of lamps affords only a small quantity of light ,, cpmpared to the shops . By these the whole city P joys a nocturnal illumination ; the prospects are preserved , andmiscnet prevented , I have counted twenty-two candles in one little
By the vast profusion of oil , Avax , and talloAv , the stranger will nanaHy suppose they cost nothing , or that money flows in with the same . ease as the tide , and that a fortune is burnt up every night