He has, in the phraseology of the day, just come
out, and certainly appears to have made the best use of his time.
KENSINGTON GARDENS--SUNDAY EVENING.
Singularities of 1824.
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WESTERN ENTRANCE INTO THE METROPOLIS;
A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH.
General Views of the Author relative to Subject and Style--
Time and Place--Perspective Glimpse of the great City--The
Approach--Cockney Salutations--The Toll House--Western
Entrance to Cockney Land--Hyde Park--Sunday Noon--
Sketches of Character, Costume, and Scenery--The Ride and
Drive--Kensington Gardens--Belles and Beaux--Stars and
Fallen Stars--Singularities of 1824--Tales of Ton--On Dits
and Anecdotes--Sunday Evening--High Life and Low Life, the
Contrast--Cockney Goths--Notes, Biographical, Amorous, and
Exquisite.
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Its wealth and fashion, wit and folly,
Pleasures, whims, and melancholy:
Of all the charming belles and beaux
Who line the parks, in double rows;
Of princes, peers, their equipage,
The splendour of the present age;
Of west-end fops, and crusty cits,
Who drive their gigs, or sport their tits;
With all the groups we mean to dash on
Who form the busy world of fashion:
Proceeding onwards to the city,
With sketches, humorous and witty.
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