Author: Frances Gerard

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-20

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780265527993

Excerpt from Picturesque Dublin, Old and New Far pleasanter is Thackeray's account of his visit to Ireland, which took place in the same year as Carlyle's. It would be impossible that so keen an observer of human nature should not have been alive to the patent faults of the nation. There are occasional sneers at the reverence displayed by the honest Dubliners for great folk, and how they make the most of such a small dignitary as his Excellency, to whose sham Court they go in long trains, the men figuring in very dirty tights. But one cannot feel angry at this, or his funny remarks upon the statue of George I. Peering over the paling in Dawson Street close to the Mansion House, or at the teapot without a spout, the lady with the dubious curl papers, or the window in the Shelbourne Hotel held up by the hearth-brush. There is no ill-nature in the tone of these criticisms; on the other hand, his admiration is genuine for the stately, well-built streets, the prospect from Carlisle Bridge, the Quays, resembling the Paris Quays; while over the Bay of Dublin he gushes: In the morning veiled in mist, towards noon shining under the most beautiful clear sky, which presently became rich with the thousand gorgeous hues of sunset. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.