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The Book of Snobs

By William Thackeray

Release : 2022-01-20

Genre : Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

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"We have all read a statement—we have all, I say, been favoured by perusing a remark, that when the times and necessities of the world call for a Man, that individual is found. Thus at the French Revolution, when it was requisite to administer a corrective dose to the nation, Robespierre was found; a most foul and nauseous dose indeed, and swallowed eagerly by the patient, greatly to the latter’s ultimate advantage: thus, when it became necessary to kick John Bull out of America, Mr. Washington stepped forward, and performed that job to satisfaction: thus, when the Earl of Aldborough was unwell, Professor Holloway appeared with his pills, and cured his lordship, as per advertisement, &c. &c.. Numberless instances might be adduced to show that when a nation is in great want, the relief is at hand; just as in the Pantomime where when CLOWN wants anything—a warming-pan, a pump-handle, a goose, or a lady’s tippet—a fellow comes sauntering out from behind the side-scenes with the very article in question." -Preface

The Book of Snobs

By William Thackeray

Release : 2022-01-20

Genre : Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
"We have all read a statement—we have all, I say, been favoured by perusing a remark, that when the times and necessities of the world call for a Man, that individual is found. Thus at the French Revolution, when it was requisite to administer a corrective dose to the nation, Robespierre was found; a most foul and nauseous dose indeed, and swallowed eagerly by the patient, greatly to the latter’s ultimate advantage: thus, when it became necessary to kick John Bull out of America, Mr. Washington stepped forward, and performed that job to satisfaction: thus, when the Earl of Aldborough was unwell, Professor Holloway appeared with his pills, and cured his lordship, as per advertisement, &c. &c.. Numberless instances might be adduced to show that when a nation is in great want, the relief is at hand; just as in the Pantomime where when CLOWN wants anything—a warming-pan, a pump-handle, a goose, or a lady’s tippet—a fellow comes sauntering out from behind the side-scenes with the very article in question." -Preface

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