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53 THE TOM AH A WK . [August 7, 1869.
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THE WEEK.
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Why on earth do people cavil because Lor...
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The most money-grabbing speech in the co...
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In a recent number we made reference to ...
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THE SNOB'S GUIDE. A Continental Handbook for the British Traveller Proper. BY ONE OF THEM.
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beverage Something . Smal good l Bere J ...
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53 The Tom Ah A Wk . [August 7, 1869.
53 THE TOM AH A WK . [ August 7 , 1869 .
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Zoisrnoxr , August 7, 1869. 5
zoisrnoxr , august 7 , 1869 . 5
The Week.
THE WEEK .
Why On Earth Do People Cavil Because Lor...
Why on earth do people cavil because Lord Carington ' s grandpapa possessed a rather common name ? It is better , in these days of noble bankruptcy cases , to date from the Smith than come to the hammer /
The Most Money-Grabbing Speech In The Co...
The most money-grabbing speech in the course of the Church debate in the Lords was made by that canny Scotchman , Archbishop Tait . There was an unmistakable ring of the counter about his Grace of Canterbury ' s peroration—one , too , that , had the public ear caught a little more of it , in times past , let him be sure to this day , instead of revelling in the godliness of lawn sleeves and ^ 15 000 a year , he would have been plain Rev . Archibald Campbell , Tait , and nothing else . It is well that at this season , when we have heard so much worldly nonsense talked about the true nature of charity , represented by fat incomes for thriving prelates , that the people should keep their eyes on those lights who have thus interpreted the plain Gospel precepts . If we are not mistaken , Archbishop Tait refused , not long since , to throw open the grounds of Lambeth I Palace for the use and enjoyment of the poor in the dusky and miserable neighbourhood from the centre of which he proudly dates . We are not surprised , therefore , to find his Grace on the side of those who consider a good endowment and a comfortable parsonage-house a greater blessing to humanity than a ward for lunatics . Purple and fine linen came from a Gospel parable , and yet they will cling to its interpreters to the end !
In A Recent Number We Made Reference To ...
In a recent number we made reference to a report that had reached us , to the effect that Eton had declined to play a cricket match with Westminster on the score that the latter " was not a public school . " It appears that this report was without foundation , and the Captain of the Westminsters has written to us to apprize us of the fact . As such a charge against the Etonians , had it been true , would have convicted them of very disreputable snobbism , we are glad to hear , that , as far as this matter is concerned , they can plead " not guilty . " Hitherto , our leading public schools have possessed a soil on which it has generally been found the British snob has refused to take root , and it will be a bad day for us when this wholesome state of things shall have disappeared . As we remarked , however , when dealing with this subject on a former occasion , there are unpromising symptoms to be detected notably at Eton . As regards Westminster , the fact that its representative should generously step forward to clear the character of its not very chivalrous rival , shows pretty clearly that , at least at this , one of our oldest public schools , the feelings proper to English gentlemen are cultivated and rightly understood .
The Snob's Guide. A Continental Handbook For The British Traveller Proper. By One Of Them.
THE SNOB'S GUIDE . A Continental Handbook for the British Traveller Proper . BY ONE OF THEM .
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conversing I was lecturing with you peop on le your you suppose bearish to insular be your rudeness social to inferiors every- . body generally , and to shopkeepers in particular . I was pointing insufferable out to you that conceit the . root Now of all let your us just ill-bred see behaviour into what was veiy your unenviable Come into positions this church its exercise . You may quit occasion the bustle ally of place the you busy . city outside , and suddenly find yourself standing , rather amazed , I p admit ile . , For in the a moment cool shade yow feel of some yow are wondrous in a region old where dimly-li a g little hted would decency be graceful your demeanour and becoming , a little . But modesty it is onl y for your a moment carriage you reli do ious feel and this intellectual . Soon your comes consciousness to aid of superiority and , moral boldl , drag g , your Murray , don , your eyeg your lassand , do the you sombre y church accustomed like any to notice other peop " thing le in your own ht country to , see . " , kneeling At first , here unfashionable and there on place week of worshi days ami p , in d the Raffington formal gard pews en of s , S your . W ., you feel a little touched at the sight of these quiet earnest figures , who tweed heed are you knickerbockers so , as wrapped you push up ,, in and in and their all out ! devotions But of them you that , soon Mu they rray get do , hardened not eyeg even lass . , You In either wisel case y reflect their that feelings they are are either not bi worth gots , fool respecting s , or hypocrites , and so . this away direction you inarch , backing emboldened yourself at in every that in step a , fashion forcing you yourself would in think " show quite " church questionable , Westminster at home Abbey , even . in And your if you own happen essentiall , on y p an arty occasion , how wonderfull of this kind y you , to conduct be accompanied yourself then , — -to ! be I have with your seen decent English girls , —girls who would blush to so misbehave th some emselves solemn at service home , — has chatting been , going sneering on , , and and g when iggling their , even conduct while has of every evidentl member y been of wounding the congregation , to a painful . Are degree you , aware the prejudices that the stringent solely the notice fruit of now the affixed shameless to the and doors disgraceful of the Madeline conduct of is j honour British Snobs of a passing , male and visit female ? If you , who think have that done I am Pari severe s the , let that me London put a , not case Paris to you , were , mutatis the mutandis centre of . Imagine the European , then , world , and that , as a matter of course , it were in
consequence of the continent thronge , d continuall especiall y y b y strangers Frenchmen from . How all man parts y talking selves Sundays into , insufferabl in the succession stalls y , indecorous get do hold you think of he the rd of best Parisians should places allow , , to thrust cram a gap them them ing - - , purpose the selves ordinary prominentl of misconducting congregation y forward the , say , m and , se in lves occupy Westminster in every the conceivable seats Abbe meant y , for the for ? b rupting Can y standing you the picture d ecorous when to yourself harmony they ought some of the s fifty it order down or so of , sitting " Morning mossoos down Prayer " inter when - , they ought to stand up , interchanging explanations , and staring through at the officiating pince-nez clergym , and not en unfrequentl during all the y throug more solemn opera portion glasses s , you of th e e service l a strong ? What convic do tion you that suppose in less would than happen a month ? , Do not not for would eigner be , allowed who could to set not his conduct foot within hims th elf e walls like a gentleman an English , when church you ? know Of course that this you is do , the —and very ye s ort what of have outrage you you , and say those year ' like end you to , are ear ' committing s end every in sing a greater le Sunday or less all over degree the from continent " superstit ? You ious will worshi bluster p . " out Nonsen some se excuse . If about it be " so idolat , keep ry away " . cannot If you , because o go , how , with ever all , b your ehav boasting e yourself , you , —or are confe but ss a miserable that you Sn thi o s peculiar at heart way , after you all have . There of conducting , Sir , that will yours do elf for in to a -day foreign , for that church however is one of your most have decided reason features to be thankful . Do bear in are mind not is the always votary , the of a gentleman you religion may you . Be do quite not understand sure of it , , that there th you e never Christia yet n was such a thing as a Christian Snob !
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beverage Something . Smal good l Bere J for St . Pancras . — The Guardian ^
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 7, 1869, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07081869/page/6/
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