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Old Times and New; Or, a Few Raps Over the Knuckles of the Present Age


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...but for the straight jacket of valves. It is of recent invention, and its infantine simplicity requires the sweetest lullaby to keep its spirit quiet. It is a baby in years, with the wit of a man of fifty; it is a curse to the world; a second water curse; the dread of all old women and the quietus of mankind generally. It is a disease to which we were not by nature subject, not in Pandora's box, or else purposely left out through fear it might have exploded all the rest; it is the nineteenth century pestilence, sending steamboats up and mankind down stream. The Dutchmen knew nothing of it; they didn't want, so would not invent it. Who would perplex his brain for the origin of such mischief? Our forefathers were content to die the natural way, with something left to bury and pray for; now with this liquid Boreas, a man is blown towards Heaven in atoms--against his will; and nothing left of him but his name. As for myself, the only music that delights my ear is the song of a tea-kettle. In a quiet kitchen, many a time have I reposed in the dame's lap, with no other lullaby than its notes. Whistles, trumpets and drums were all consumed to kindle the voice of this songster, that it might sing, and make me merry. My grandmother had the knack of twisting its melody into sweet Kitty Clover, Paddy Carey or Yankee Doodle; yet I never once imagined, that the same steam that was left to perish in the unfeeling air, had so much virtue in it as to get up a commotion and cut such fantastic tricks that one would fain believe it was a dancing master troubled with a visit from Saint Antony. Thank whom ever I ought, that I am not the discoverer! It is, however, endurable if you don't vex it. Don't urge it into a passion; don't push it into an apoplectic fitj don't touch it--...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217842648
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 021784264X
  • Publisher Date: 15 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 73 gr


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