Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe Drawn From Ye Quick
Richard Doyle
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(Forgotten Books, Jan. 19, 2019)
Excerpt from Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe Drawn From Ye QuickHowever, there flourilhed in a fomewhat later day a philofopher, for fuch he was after his fafhion, a virtuofo, antiquary, and whofe gholi an inconfiderable perfon may perhaps attempt to raife without being accufed of pretending to be too much of a conjuror. He appears to have been a Peripatetic, at leafl: until he could keep a coach, but on the fubjeéts of drefs, dining, and fome others, his opinions favour firongly of Epicurifm. A little more than a hundred and eighty years ago he employed his leifure in going about everywhere, peeping into everything, feeing all that he could, and chronicling his experiences daily. In his Diary, which happily has come down to our times, the hif'corical facts are highly valuable, the comments moftly fenfible, the {1e is very odd, and the autobiography extremely ludicrous.' I have adventured reverently to evoke this worfhipful gentleman, that, refuming his old vocation as a journalifl, he might comment on the Manners and Cvf'coms of ye Englylhe in in the name of mr. Pips. I hope his fhadow, if not his fpirit, may be recognifed in.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.