The Book of Snobs

The Book of Snobs

(The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:I am the individual destined to write that workMy vocation is announced in terms of great eloquenceI show that the world has been gradually preparing itself for the WORK and the MANSnobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science, and are a part of the Beautiful (with a large B). They pervade all classesAffecting instance of Colonel Snobley.) We have all read a statement, (the authenticity of which I take leave to doubt entirely, for upon what calculations I should like to know is it founded?)we have all, I say, been favoured by perusing a remark, that when the times and necessities of the world call for a Man, that individual is found. Thus at the French Revolution (which the reader will be pleased to have introduced so early), when it was requisite to administer a corrective dose to the nation, Robespierre was found; a most foul and nauseous dose indeed, and swallowed eagerly by the patient, greatly to the latter's ultimate advantage: thus, when it became necessary to kick John Bull out of America, Mr. Washington stepped forward, and performed that job to satisfaction: thus, when the Earl of Aldborough was unwell, Professor Holloway appeared with his pills, and cured his lordship, as per advertisement, &c. &c.. Numberless instances might be adduced to show that when a nation is in great want, the relief is at hand; just as in the Pantomime (that microcosm) where when CLOWN wants anythinga warming-pan, a pump-handle, a goose, or a lady's tippeta fellow comes sauntering out from behind the side-scenes with the very article in question. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 2686
Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English