Readings from the Internet Archive

The Fool of the Forth

By Lady Gregory. Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, second series, 1920.

I was told by:

A Woman Bringing Oysters from the Strand:

Journey to Han-choo-foo

By George Staunton. An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, volume II, 1797.

Sporting Anecdotes

By Pierce Egan. 1804.

The Duke de Nivernois

When this accomplished cidevant nobleman was ambassador to England, he was going to lord Townsend’s seat, at Rainham, in Norfolk, on a private visit, en dishabille, and…

Paris

A View of Paris, and Places Adjoining: With an Account of the Court of France, and of the Late King James: To Which is Added, the Present Posture of Affairs in That Kingdom, Discovering an…

Singapore

By Francis L. Hawks. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry…

The Industry of the Individual

By John Fisher Murray. The World of London, volume 1, 1843.

The industry of Londoners is truly wonderful; and those who know no better are accustomed to give them credit for it, which they deserve just as much…

The Spectator, No. 26

By Joseph Addison. Friday, March 30, 1711.

Pallida mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas
Regumque turres, O beate Sexti!
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.
Jam te premet nox, fabulæque manes,
Et domus exilis Plutonia…

The Profligate Indency of Authors

The Scourge; or Monthly Expositor, of Imposture and Folly, January 1811.

The retainers of literature have long been remarkable for the laxity of their morals, and the irregularity of their habits…