The Table book; . spot wherein the viciouswould covet to congregate. T. Q. M. Hiterarp ^obeltp. Thf, Sybils Leaves, or a Peep intoFuturity, published by Ackermann, Strand,and Lupton Relfe, Cornhill, consist of sixtylithographic verses onas many cards,in a casebearing an engraved representation of aparty in high humour consulting the of them are designed for ladies,and as many for gentlemen : a lady isto hold the gentlemans pack, and viceversa. From these packs, each lady orgentleman wishing to have the most im-portant points infallibly predicted is todraw a card. The idea of telli
The Table book; . spot wherein the viciouswould covet to congregate. T. Q. M. Hiterarp ^obeltp. Thf, Sybils Leaves, or a Peep intoFuturity, published by Ackermann, Strand,and Lupton Relfe, Cornhill, consist of sixtylithographic verses onas many cards,in a casebearing an engraved representation of aparty in high humour consulting the of them are designed for ladies,and as many for gentlemen : a lady isto hold the gentlemans pack, and viceversa. From these packs, each lady orgentleman wishing to have the most im-portant points infallibly predicted is todraw a card. The idea of telling fortunes at home isvery pleasant; and the variety of the Sy-bils Leaves assists to as frequent oppor-tunities of re-consultation as the mostinveterate craver can desire A lady con-demned by one of the leaves to witheron the virgin thorn, on turning over a newleaf may chance to be assured of a delightfulreverse; and by a like easy process, a disappointed gentleman become, atlast, a happy man. 37 THE TABLE THE ANCIENT RIVER FLEET AT CLERKENWELL. Lo ! hither Fleet-brook came, in former times calld the Fleet-ru<?r,Which navies once rode on, in present times hidden for where water-cresses and sedge mark its oozing and creeping,In yonder old meadows, from whence it lags slowly—as weepingIts present misgivings, and obsolete use, and renown—And bearing its burdens of shame and abuse into town,On meeting the buildings sinks into the earth, nor aspiresTo decent-eyed people, till forced to the Thames at Blackfrirs. In i825, this was the first open viewnearest London of the ancient River Fleet:it was taken during the building of thehigh-arched walls connected with theHouse of Correction, Cold-bath-fields, closeto which prison the river ran, as here that time, the newly-erected wallscommunicated a peculiarly picturesqueeffect to the stream flowing withintheir confines. It arrived thither fromBagnigge-wells, on its wav to a coveredchannel, whereby it passej
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