The Natural History of the Gent

The Natural History of the Gent

In the Sunday newspapers of May 24, of the past year, 1846, appeared the following paragraph: A Gent.A respectable-looking man, named James Dickenson, was charged by Brooks, 169 S, who said, Please your worship, at two oclock yesterday morning (Monday), I found this gent drunk in Park Road, and took him into custody. Mr. Rawlinson: Who do you say you found drunk? Constable: This gent, your worship. Mr. Rawlinson: What do you mean by gent? There is no such word in our language. I hold a man who is called a gent to be the greatest viblackguard there is. (To the prisoner): What do you say to this? I hope you are not a gent. Prisoner: I am not, sir, and I trust that I know the distinction between a gent and a gentleman. Mr. Rawlinson: I dare say you do, sir, and I look upon the word gent as one of the most blackguard expressions that can be used. The prisoner was fined 5s., which he directly paid. We were exceedingly delighted when we read this police report. We had laboured, for three or four years, to bring the race of Gents into universal contempt; and we at last found that an intelligent and respected London magistrate had publicly stated, from the bench, his opinion of the miserable class in question; and that it exactly coincided with our own. But fearingfrom seeing the odious word still starting up in shops, ticketed to wild viiarticles of dress, to be hereafter alluded to, as well as hearing it every now and then applied by one party to another of his acquaintancethat the species was not yet extinct; fearing this, in spite of our direct attacks in Punch and Bentleys Miscellany, and our side-wind blows through the medium of our esteemed friend John Parry, certain burlesques at the Lyceum, and various other channelswe determined upon reconsidering all we had ever propounded on the subject, and publishing it in the form now presented to the reader, that all might clearly see who the Gents were, and shun them accordingly. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66323
Author: Smith, Albert
Release Date: Sep 17, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English