Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . alt, for thou hast seen Full many a noble raceDo what might be considered mean In any other case—With cap in hand, and courtly leg,Waylay the traveller, and beg ; Say, was it not a pleasing sightThose young Etonians to behold,For eleemosynary gold. Arrest the passing wight. Whilst some, of more excursive bent, Their vagrant arts to all the various places went, That in the neighbourhood lie ;To Datchet, Slough, or Horton een to Colnbrook, took their way. Or ancient Windsors regal town ;Stoppd every body they could at e
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . alt, for thou hast seen Full many a noble raceDo what might be considered mean In any other case—With cap in hand, and courtly leg,Waylay the traveller, and beg ; Say, was it not a pleasing sightThose young Etonians to behold,For eleemosynary gold. Arrest the passing wight. Whilst some, of more excursive bent, Their vagrant arts to all the various places went, That in the neighbourhood lie ;To Datchet, Slough, or Horton een to Colnbrook, took their way. Or ancient Windsors regal town ;Stoppd every body they could at each house, in every street. In hopes of half a crown. Gay clothes were theirs, by fancy made ; Some were as Romans drest,Some in the Grecian garb arrayd. Some bore the knightly crest;Theirs was attire of every hue,Of every fashion, old, or new,. Various as Nathans ample beings ! Ladies ! sayWill ye let these things pass away ? Must Montem be no more ? From this, to the Accession of the Queen, there is no moreGossip to Dr. SYEN HEDINSGREHT WORK ^ Central Asiaand Tibet: TOWARDS THE HOLY CITY OF LASS A. To be Published on November i8th next in 2 vols. 1,200pages, 420 Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs,Portrait of the Author, 8 full-page Coloured Illustrationsfrom Paintings, and 4 Maps. Handsomely Bound in Cloth, Qilt Top. PRICE: TWO GDINEaS NET. An Iltusirated Prospectus coniaininff Synopsis of Contents,&c., can be had on Application. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED. BASED UPON PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS IN RUSSIA. Within the Pale. THE ....TRUE STORY OF ANTI-SEMITIC^ . PERSECUTIONS IN RUSSIA. t^ BY Michael Davitt. erown 8vo, eioth. Price 5s. MR. DAVITTS book is based upon personal investi-gation of the extpaopdinapy conditions in Russia,which have not been fully descpibed befope. He wentto Kishineff on the first outbreak of the anti-semitic perse-cution. His material was gathered at first hand, and hisdescriptions are accompanied by a, histori
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