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The English Spy by Bernard Blackmantle

The English Spy by Bernard Blackmantle

by C. M. Westmacott

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Author
Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1788?-1868
Title
The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
University of Oxford -- Anecdotes
Category
Text
eBook-No.
20001
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20001
Release Date
December 3, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Format Choice — THE — ENGLISH SPY
  2. 2.ROBERT CRUIKSHANK.
  3. 3.BERNARD BLACKMANTLE{*} TO THE REVIEWERS.
  4. 4.Contents Page Images
  5. 5.Illustration Listing Page Images — ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE ENGLISH SPY.
  6. 6.THE ENGLISH SPY.
  7. 7.INTRODUCTION.
  8. 8.PREFACE, IN IMITATION OF THE FIRST SATIRE OF PERSIUS. — DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND HIS FRIEND.
  9. 9.A SHANDEAN SCENE, — BETWEEN LADY MARY OLDSTYLE AND HORATIO HEARTLY.
  10. 10.ETONIAN.
  11. 11.PORTRAITS IN MY DAME'S DINING-ROOM.
  12. 12.FIVE PRINCIPAL ORDERS OF ETON —
  13. 13.THE MONTEM ODE. May 20, 1823.
  14. 14.THE DOUBTFUL POINT.
  15. 15.RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD ETONIAN.
  16. 16.APOLLO'S VISIT TO ETON.{1}
  17. 17.ETON MONTEM.
  18. 18.FAREWELL TO ETON.
  19. 19.MY VALE.
  20. 20.FIVE CHARACTERISTIC ORDERS OF OXFORD.
  21. 21.THE FRESHMAN.
  22. 22.THE DINNER PARTY.
  23. 23.COLLEGE SERVANTS.
  24. 24.TAKING POSSESSION OF YOUR ROOMS.
  25. 25.THE EXCURSION TO BAGLEY WOOD.
  26. 26.KENSINGTON GARDENS—SUNDAY EVENING. — Singularities of 1824.
  27. 27.THE OPERA.
  28. 28.THE ROYAL SALOON.
  29. 29.THE SPREAD,{1} OR WINE PARTY AT BRAZEN-NOSE.
  30. 30.THE OXFORD RAKE'S PROGRESS.
  31. 31.TOWN AND GOWN, AN OXFORD ROW.
  32. 32.THE STAGE COACH, — OR THE TRIP TO BRIGHTON.
  33. 33.THE PROPOSITION.
  34. 34.SKETCHES AT BRIGHTON.
  35. 35.CHARACTERS ON THE BEACH AND STEYNE, BRIGHTON.
  36. 36.METROPOLITAN SKETCHES.
  37. 37.VISIT TO WESTMINSTER HALL.
  38. 38.PROGRAMME.
  39. 39.THE ENGLISH SPY.
  40. 40.INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND VOLUME. — BERNARD BLACKMANTLE TO THE PUBLIC.
  41. 41.ODE, CONGRATULATORY AND ADVISIORY, — TO BERNARD BLACKMANTLE, ESQ.
  42. 42.CYTHEREAN BEAUTIES.
  43. 43.LADIES OF DISTINCTION, — "DANS LE PARTERRE DES IMPURES." — [Please click on any of the Color Plates to enlarge them to full size]
  44. 44.THE WAKE; — OR,
  45. 45.THE CYPRIAN'S BALL, — OR
  46. 46.THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHTER; — OR, MR PUNCH IN ALL HIS GLORY.
  47. 47.THE WESTMINSTER SCHOLAR.
  48. 48.ON FEASTERS AND FEASTING.
  49. 49.A SUNDAY RAMBLE TO HIGHGATE, — OR, THE CITS ORDINARY.
  50. 50.THE STOCK EXCHANGE. —
  51. 51.THE LIFE, DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION COMPANY. — CAPITAL.—ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS SHARES.—ONE POUND.
  52. 52.THE ISLE OF WIGHT. —
  53. 53.A CIRCULAR, — ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OP THE ROYAL YACHT CLUB.
  54. 54.PORTSMOUTH IN TIME OF PEACE. — — EVENING, AND IN HIGH SPIRITS.
  55. 55.CHELTONIAN CHARACTERS. — A TRIP TO THE SPAS.
  56. 56.CHAPTER I. —
  57. 57.A SECOND ODE TO BERNARD BLACKMANTLE, ESQ. — or A MICHAELMAS-DAY PREACHMENT.
  58. 58.A TRIP TO THE SPAS. —
  59. 59.CHAPTER II.
  60. 60.TRAVELLER'S HALL. —
  61. 61.A FAMILIAR EPISTLE TO BERNARD BLACKMANTLE, ESQ., — HUMOROUS DESCRIPTION OF DONCASTER
  62. 62.A VISIT TO GLOUCESTER AND BERKELEY.
  63. 63.A DAY IN BRISTOL.
  64. 64.SKETCHES IN BATH. —
  65. 65.SPORTSMAN'S HALL. — A SCENE AT THE CASTLE.
  66. 66.THE BATTLE OF THE CHAIRS.
  67. 67.SKETCHES IN BATH—CHAPTER II. —
  68. 68.WAGGERIES AT WORCESTER.
  69. 69.BERNARD BLACKMANTLE TO HIS READERS.
  70. 70.A SHORT ODE AT PARTING, — FROM HIS "SPIRIT IN THE CLOUDS"

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