A satirical view of London: comprising free strictures on the manners and amusements of the inhabitants of the English metropolis; observations on literature and the fine arts; and amusing anecdotes of public characters ... / [John Corry].

  • John Corry
Date:
1815
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Credit: A satirical view of London: comprising free strictures on the manners and amusements of the inhabitants of the English metropolis; observations on literature and the fine arts; and amusing anecdotes of public characters ... / [John Corry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. Among those cities celebrated in history for ex- tent, magnificence, and population, London lias for ages been conspicuous. The very name ot this renowned capital excites a sublime emotion in the youthful and adventurous individual who, emulous of distinction, pants to realize the expec- tations inspired by the fame of London. Nor is this ambition peculiar to the inhabitants of the British Isles: adventurers from every civilized nation have also aspired to eminence in the Eng- lish metropolis, where public patronage is impar- tially conferred on every meritorious candidate. Paris has indeed disputed the pre-eminence of London, but the pretensions of those rival cities to distinction are very different; for while the French capital is enriched with the plunder of surrounding nations, the English metropolis supports her opu- lence, dignity, and glory, by commercial enter- prize. In this immense capital, including a circum- ference of twenty-six miles, and containing many myriads of human beings, the observant mind is gratified with an inexhaustible variety of interest- A
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