The Lorgnette - v. 1 Author:Donald Grant Mitchell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MAY 25,1850, NEW-YORK. SECOND SERIES—NO. 2. . . . . that numerous piece of monstrosity, which taken asunder, seem men, and the reasonable creatures of... more » God ; but confused together, make one great beast, and a monstrosity more prodigious than Hydra: it is no breach of charity to call these fools.' Sir T. Browne I Uke, Fritz, in my quiet way, to moisten my pen in the dribblings from any butts of ridicule, even though they stand upon the floor of our Tabernacle. Our towns-people are a very Christian people, and, of course, a very civilized people ; but they also have an odd rotatory sort of way of serving G-od and the Devil by turns, as best chimes with their humor. They get up a comfortable charity, and the next day will hatch us a mob.We have anniversaries of missionary, movement, which are damned with faint praise of the journals ; and we have anniversaries of mob-movement, which are zealously defended. We keep our Chatham well sustained, and our Churchman in lusty health. We point the dullness of our Lenten fasts with Opera critiques ; and many good Presbyterian Elders take off the scandalous edge of their Sunday's Herald with the pious causticity of the Independent, or the mild magniloquence of the Observer. Our police arrangements, since the introduction of the Star and cigars, and since the election of our new Aklermanic Council, are said to be highly perfect ; and our journals are most consistent and order-loving journals, actuated naturally by the most conscientious intent: And yet, Fritz, the week past we have had a demonstration of order, philanthropy, Christian intent, police perfectibility and newspaper independence, which must carry the weight of a counter opinion as far as the cracked dome of that temple of St. Peter's, which the Christian Union and ...« less