The Book of Snobs (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Book of SnobsI have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do - a Work, if you like, with a great W, a Purpose to fulfil, a chasm to leap into, like Curtius, horse foot, a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy. That Conviction Has Pursued me for Years. It has Dogged me in the Busy Street, Seated Itself By Me in The Lonely Study, J ogged My Elbow as it Lifted The Wine-cup at The Festive Board, Pursued me through the Maze Of Rotten Row, Followed me in Far Lands. On Brighton's Shingly Beach, or Margate's Sand, the Voice Outpiped the Roaring Of the Sea: it Nestles in my Nightcap, and It Whispers, Wake, Slumberer, thy Work IS Not Yet Done. Last Year, By Moonlight, in the Colosseum, the Little Sedulous Voice Came To Me and Said, Smith, or Jones, (the Writer's Name is Neither Here nor There) Smith, or Jones, my fine fellow, this is all very well, but you ought to be at home writing your great work on SN obs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.