Real Life In London, Volumes I and II

Life In London, Volumes I. and
II., by Pierce Egan

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Title: Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And
Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom
Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of
Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low
Life (1821)
Author: Pierce Egan
Illustrator: Heath, Aiken, Dighton, and Rowlandson
Release Date: January 30, 2007 [EBook #20484]
Language: English
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REAL LIFE IN LONDON
OR, THE RAMBLES AND ADVENTURES OF BOB TALLYHO,
ESQ., AND HIS COUSIN, THE HON. TOM DASHALL, THROUGH
THE METROPOLIS; EXHIBITING A LIVING PICTURE OF
FASHIONABLE CHARACTERS, MANNERS, AND
AMUSEMENTS IN HIGH AND LOW LIFE
By an AMATEUR

"'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world;
to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd." --Cowper
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EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH A SERIES OF
COLOURED PRINTS, DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED
BY MESSRS. HEATH, AIKEN, DIGHTON,
ROWLANDSON, ETC.
VOLUME I
A NEW EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LONDON
NOTE
This Issue, first published in 1905, is founded on the Edition printed for
Jones & Co. in the year 1821
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CONTENTS:
Chapter I.
Seduction from rural simplicity, page 2. Pleasures of the table, 3.
Overpowering oratory, 4. A warm dispute, 5. Amicable arrangement, 6.
Chapter II.
Philosophical reflections, 7. A great master, 8. Modern jehuism, 9. A
coach race, 10. A wood-nymph, 11. Improvements of the age, 12. An
amateur of fashion, 13. Theatrical criticism, 14. Reflections, 15.
Chapter III.
Hyde Park, and its various characters, 16. Sir F----s B---- tt, 22,
Delightful reverie, 23.
Chapter IV.
Fresh game sprung, 24. Lord C----e, alias Coal-hole George, 25. Rot at
Carlton Palace, 28. Once-a-week man, 29. Sunday promenader, 30.
How to raise the wind, 31. Lord Cripplegate and his Cupid, 32. Live
fish, 33. Delicacy, 34. A breathless visitor, 35.
Chapter V.
A fashionable introduction, 36. A sparkling subject, 37. The true spur
to genius, 38. An agreeable surprise, 39. A serious subject, 40. A
pleasant fellow, 41. Lively gossip, 42. Living in style, 43. Modern good
breeding, 45. Going to see "you know who," 46.
Chapter VI.
Early morning amusements, 47. Frightening to death, 48.

Improvements of the age, 49. Preparing for a swell, 50. The acmé of
barberism, 51. A fine specimen of the art, 52. Duels by Cupid and
Apollo, 53. Fashionable news continued, 54. Low niggardly notions, 55.
Scenes from Barber-Ross-a, 56. A snip of the superfine, 59. The
enraged Managers, 60. Cutting out, and cutting up, 61. The whipstitch
mercury, 62. All in the wrong again, 63. A Venus de Medicis, 64.
Delicacy alarmed, 65.
Chapter VII.
Preparing for a ramble, 66. A man of the town, 67. Bond Street, 68. A
hanger on, 70. A man of science, 71. Dandyism, 72. Dandy heroism, 74.
Inebriety reproved, 75. My uncle's card, 76. St. James's Palace, 77. Pall
Mall-Waterloo Place, etc., 79. An Irish Paddy, 80. Incorrigible prigs,
81. A hue and cry, 82. A capture, 83. A wake, with an Irish howl, 84.
Vocabulary of the new school, 85. Additional company, 87.
Chapter VIII.
Public Office, Bow Street, 88. Irish generosity, 89. A bit of gig, 90. "I
loves fun," 91. A row with the Charleys, 92. Judicial sagacity, 93.
Watch-house scenes, 94. A rummish piece of business, 95. The Brown
Bear well baited, 96. Somerset House, 97. An importunate customer,
99. Peregrinations proposed, 100.
Chapter IX.
The Bonassus, 101. A Knight of the New Order, 102. Medical quacks,
103. Medical (not Tailors') Boards, 105. Superlative modesty, 106.
Hard pulling and blowing, 107. Knightly medicals, 108. Buffers and
Duffers, 109. Extremes of fortune, 110. Signs of the Times, 111.
Expensive spree, 112. The young Cit, 113. All in confusion, 115.
Losses and crosses, 116. Rum customers, 117. A genteel hop, 118. Max
and music, 119. Amateurs and actors, 120. A well-known character,
121. Championship, 122. A grand spectacle, 123. Adulterations, 124.
More important discoveries, 125. Wonders of cast-iron and steam, 126.
Shops of the new school, 127. Irish paper-hanging, 128.

Chapter X.
Heterogeneous mass, 129. Attractions of the theatre, 130. Tragedy talk,
131. Authors and actors, 132. Chancery injunctions, 133. Olympic
music, 134. Dandy larks and sprees, 135. The Theatre, 136. Its splendid
establishment, 137. Nymphs of the saloon, 138. Torments of love and
gout,