London In Modern Times

Excerpt From London In Modern Times Or Sketches Of The Great Metropolis During The Last Two Centuries. The History Of An Old City Opens Many Views Into The Realms Of The Past Crowded With The Picturesque The Romantic And The Religious With What Is Beautiful In Intellect Sublime In Feeling Noble In Character - And With Much Too The Reverse Of All This. Buildings Dingy And Dilapidated Or Tastelessly Modernized In Which Great Geniuses Were Born Or. Lived Or Died Become In Connexion With The Event Trans Formed Into Poetic Bowers; And Narrow Dirty Streets Where They Are Known Often To Have Walked Change Into Green Alleys Resounding With Richer Notes Than Ever Trilled From Bird On Brake. Tales Of Valour And Suffering Of Heroism And Patience Of Virtue And Piety Of The Patriot'S Life And The Martyr'S Death Crowd Thickly On The Memory. Nor Do Opposite Reminiscences Revealing The Footprints Of Vice And. Crime Of Evil Passions And False Principles.. About The Publisher. Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Com. This 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.