Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-11-03
Letters from England.

impressions produced by a residence in Lon
dom, ON one who has recently left quiet New
England village like yours. OF course those
who have s,cn no more bustlng thorough
fares than Church erect, and no parks green
or than the Courthouse Square, cannot,
from a mere description, got any adequate
LOTIONS Of Fleet Street and Chcapsidc, St. |
Jl.aes' and Regents Parks but to such
sh".i -'"n what few writer's condesccnd to |
give, to, .5h what inquiring readers do most
criptions--lacts over which you may grow
enrdptured or Mortified, rather than captures
and horrors ready made for you.
But to be little chatty with you at first,
dear Reader. ] nm afraid have made you
a promise which shall sometime rue. did
not think when | made it, that | had taken
upon myself Of my own free will, q task more
difficult, and yet more humble, than that icr-
formed by most tourists did not think how
much easier it would he to sit quietly here
in my room, in gown and slippers, and WORK
myself into an ccstacy on the "artness, the
wealth ard tllc commercial glory of London,
than to take the pains requisite for inform
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palaces or in princcly mansions on GrosycnOI
square, il viii o, far less gratifying to my
vanity to be obliged to tell you plainly that
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thing feel hound 70 ur;te oho,t,o,,,o fno
PAINTING or statue IN tho Vernon or National
Gollcrv-wbich domonls tho most o1ou;sito
description su,posr. in short. a. johnson
once sala' mat IN IN rage TO say some
la ia n f,,Iorr s;,u,4;,,, ;,d,oI ,o,,,.;o.,l ,.
inter Ignorance. and CONTRASTING if l,v my SIN.
mid siIenco ,ybcr cr.r,.b,d,, cIso ;e s,or;r,, r.
rho b;,best ho,ron Of ;,ror,;o, for ,,ord,
TO EXPRESS their sublime enthusiasm, Road
or Loc.;u :, c,,l ol,,I, oc ,bo. ,,I,,.,,, -,
cerir. in mo aud / will NOT s,h,,i+ ,,,,sol
to hc y drudeo upto moro facts vbon sucb =,
oro,lo sro,o Ca. l,r,,or or,r,s l;,s.,,, o.,,,,.,
ma,
IF Won fail N 900 tb, drirt of ali tb;. d,o,
reader. if !. boc,us. vo, hovo road hools .
,,,,.oI, u;,lor. b,,;n,, t.,,oIl,d ,.o,,rsolr
H., no, ,.,,,, l,,o,, ,l,, ,,,,,,,.. all Cha .on,
.o,to+;n,s or r,r,i,,n ,,,n,,,os ,,.,.1o H.. tro,
olIcr. hardly ono il IF ,ny ronr+. IN H.,
con,tr. which :. I,.,r;,..; !, ,Loro an,
f,ro;an bool, nm ,r,.,ic, c,r ;n.tonc. uli,i
.,, en-, ,,.l ,.;.t, ,.. .,,o..;, w.,
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cl,o,,I. NJ, 49,. p,.,:,..., r:
A :. pretty town. . Won 10 NOT concaaI vou
indignation at him Coz his misrcprc,ontatiou
Of American character. The more mcntio
OF Miss Bremen will lnal.c:.,v citizen Of Bui
lington smile a. the though, of her ,im,l
but ludicrously cironeoas estimates Of wA.
she saw and wLn, si, did NOT So. in Nh
>. Home, Of H.. New World" Won now
reader. he assured that most Of III, america
books on ENGLAND are lust Of the slime elm,
acter. They are laughed at here for IT,. :,