The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829

TUNBRIDGE WELLS

LOVE

GRAYSTEIL5

TO THE MEMORY OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART

SODA WATER

THE COSMOPOLITE

SISTERS OF CHARITY7

NOTES OF A READER

MONT BLANC

FURIOUS DRIVING

VILLAGE BELLS

CURIOUS CONTRIVANCE

SOUTH AMERICAN DINNER

EARLY HOURS

AN IRISH VILLAGE INN

THE TRUE GENTLEMAN

ROYAL PLANTERS

THE SKETCH-BOOK

MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

NOTES OF A BOOKWORM

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

COBBETT'S CORN

THE GATHERER

ONE WAY TO DIE FOR LOVE

AN "INDWELLING" JOKE

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With sketches of Dr. Johnson, Cibber, Garrick, Lyttleton, Richardson, &c. &c. For Explanation, see the annexed page.

References to the Characters in the Engraving.

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"Behold! seasonably, the very day that she went away entered upon the walks Miss L., of Hackney!—Miss Chudleigh was forgotten (who would wish for so transient a dominion in the land of fickledom!)—And have you seen the new beauty?—And have you seen Miss L.? was all the inquiry from smart to smartless. But she had not traversed the walks two days, before she was found to want spirit and life. Miss Chudleigh was remembered by those who wished for the brilliant mistress, and scorned the wifelike quality of sedateness—and Miss L. is now seen with a very silly fellow or two, walking backwards and forwards unmolested—dwindled down from the new beauty to a very quotes pretty girl; and perhaps glad to come off so. For, upon my word, my dear, there are very few pretty girls here."

"But here, to change the scene, to see Mr. W–sh at eighty (Mr. Cibber calls him papa), and Mr. Cibber at seventy-seven, hunting after new faces; and thinking themselves happy if they can obtain the notice and familiarity of a fine woman!—How ridiculous!—If you have not been at Tunbridge, you may nevertheless have heard that here are a parcel of fellows, mean traders, whom they call touters, and their business, touting—riding out miles to meet coaches and company coming hither, to beg their custom while here."

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