Amusements Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London
Brown Brown
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 29, 2018)
Excerpt from Amusements Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of LondonT'other Day one of the Imaginary Serious Wits, who thought it a Weak nefs in any Man to laugh Seeing a Copy of this Book; at the opening of it, fell into a Pafiion, and Wrink ling up his N of'trils like a heated Stal lion that hada Mare in the Wind,faid, The Book was unworthy of the Tin tie; for Grave Subjects, ο¬iould be treated with Decorum, and 'twas to profane Serious Matters, to blend them with Comical Entertainments. What a Mixture is here fays he!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.