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Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
HOUSES , The houses are , on the ' average , about one story hig her than I have ever seen . These elevated buildings tend to darken the streets , particularly in the winter , and where those streets are narrow . The smoke and effluvia of this vast city add to the darkness ; consequently the days are shorter than with us * , though we are almost two degrees streets htin this
nearer the pole . In some of the confined , day-lig , season , is nearly excluded . There seems nothing in London so much Avanted as room ; no , not money , nor even health ; for there is money to buy , but no space to be bought . And if one in forty wants health , thirty-nine Want room . They have power to -penetrate dowii toward the centre of the earth , and up toward , the heavens ; a power well preserved ; but noroom can be gained on-the sides .
STREETS . If we attend to the sentiments of a feAV citizens , who , by mere industry , have each acquired £ ipo , ooo . and who look down on every person who has not , we shall learn , that the inhabitants are little better than paupers ; that very few can pay their way with credit ; that the commercial interest would fall , if not supported by the Bank ; Gazette for but
and that there will not be room in the any thing bankrupts and theirdividends . But these sober citizens forget to remark , that one man cannot acquire such a fortune , without inspiring an emulation in two to follow him ; that trade and the Bank , like a prudent husband and wife , supeach other or matters would run into confusion ; that the
proport , dig ious sums spent in luxury prove , that those sums were first acquired , either by the spender , or somebody else ; and that in any - public undertaking money seems out ' of the question . The stran o-ei- will be astonished at the improvements which have teen introduced during the last thirty-five years , and how money could be procured to complete them . He will find , during that small each of which is honour to the
space , three grand bridges erected , an place , ' and would cost an immense sum . That besides many superb edifices , of a public and a private nature , every street and passage in the whole city and its environs has been paved in one regular and convenient stile ; an expence equal in value to the whole dominions of some sovereign princes . Public structures of grandeur never
indicate poverty . As the connexions of the people of Birmingham frequently draw them to London , where they must observe the conveniency arising from open streets , the centres of which are regularly paved , and the sides , from one foot to sixteen , according to the width of the street , laid with fiat stones , for the benefit of the passenger , it is surprising . they do not , at humble distance , wish to imitate the metropolis ; There can be no disgrace in following those who lead us right .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous Observations And Reflections Made In A Tour Through London,
HOUSES , The houses are , on the ' average , about one story hig her than I have ever seen . These elevated buildings tend to darken the streets , particularly in the winter , and where those streets are narrow . The smoke and effluvia of this vast city add to the darkness ; consequently the days are shorter than with us * , though we are almost two degrees streets htin this
nearer the pole . In some of the confined , day-lig , season , is nearly excluded . There seems nothing in London so much Avanted as room ; no , not money , nor even health ; for there is money to buy , but no space to be bought . And if one in forty wants health , thirty-nine Want room . They have power to -penetrate dowii toward the centre of the earth , and up toward , the heavens ; a power well preserved ; but noroom can be gained on-the sides .
STREETS . If we attend to the sentiments of a feAV citizens , who , by mere industry , have each acquired £ ipo , ooo . and who look down on every person who has not , we shall learn , that the inhabitants are little better than paupers ; that very few can pay their way with credit ; that the commercial interest would fall , if not supported by the Bank ; Gazette for but
and that there will not be room in the any thing bankrupts and theirdividends . But these sober citizens forget to remark , that one man cannot acquire such a fortune , without inspiring an emulation in two to follow him ; that trade and the Bank , like a prudent husband and wife , supeach other or matters would run into confusion ; that the
proport , dig ious sums spent in luxury prove , that those sums were first acquired , either by the spender , or somebody else ; and that in any - public undertaking money seems out ' of the question . The stran o-ei- will be astonished at the improvements which have teen introduced during the last thirty-five years , and how money could be procured to complete them . He will find , during that small each of which is honour to the
space , three grand bridges erected , an place , ' and would cost an immense sum . That besides many superb edifices , of a public and a private nature , every street and passage in the whole city and its environs has been paved in one regular and convenient stile ; an expence equal in value to the whole dominions of some sovereign princes . Public structures of grandeur never
indicate poverty . As the connexions of the people of Birmingham frequently draw them to London , where they must observe the conveniency arising from open streets , the centres of which are regularly paved , and the sides , from one foot to sixteen , according to the width of the street , laid with fiat stones , for the benefit of the passenger , it is surprising . they do not , at humble distance , wish to imitate the metropolis ; There can be no disgrace in following those who lead us right .