Excerpt from The Oxford Spectator The situation of the place to which we were going appears to have been most ingeniously devised. It is quite a triumph, ' no less intellectual than physical, to explore the route. The ground is shut in by black palings, most forbidding in aspect. My companion was admitted through a wicket gate upon presentation of a paltry green card, which he called his mem ber's ticket. I was met by a demand for Sixpence, with which I grudgingly complied. Indeed, it has often appeared to me that life is ...
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Excerpt from The Oxford Spectator The situation of the place to which we were going appears to have been most ingeniously devised. It is quite a triumph, ' no less intellectual than physical, to explore the route. The ground is shut in by black palings, most forbidding in aspect. My companion was admitted through a wicket gate upon presentation of a paltry green card, which he called his mem ber's ticket. I was met by a demand for Sixpence, with which I grudgingly complied. Indeed, it has often appeared to me that life is a perpetual series of demands for Sixpence, with which a man grudgingly complies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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