London in the Reign of Victoria (1837-1897)Blackie & Son, 1898 - 248 páginas |
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Página 207 - her husband went out to work, and was obliged to come there to be near his work." She said, "I am miserable!" "What is it?" I asked. "Look there," said she, "at that great hole; the landlord will not mend it. I have every night to sit up and watch, or my husband sits up to watch, because that hole is over a common sewer, and the rats come up, sometimes twenty at a time, and if we did not watch...
Página 207 - at that great hole ; the landlord will not mend it. I have every night to sit up and watch, or my husband sits up to watch, because that hole is over a common sewer, and the rats come up, sometimes twenty at a time, and if we did not watch for them they would eat the baby up.
Página 51 - ... injurious to the health. But as it approaches the metropolis it becomes loaded with a quantity of filth, which renders it disgusting to the senses, and improper to be employed in the preparation of food. The greatest part of this additional matter appears to be only mechanically suspended in it, and separates by mere rest. It requires, however, a considerable length of time to allow of the complete...
Página 206 - What a pity it is that the thermometer fell ten degrees yesterday. Parliament was all but compelled to legislate upon the great London nuisance by the force of sheer stench. The intense heat had driven our legislators from those portions of their buildings which overlook the river. A few Members, indeed, bent upon investigating the subject to its very depth, ventured into the library, but they were instantaneously driven to retreat, each man with a handkerchief to his nose. We are heartily glad of...
Página 94 - Church, and wishing to provide a suitable remedy in this behalf, of our special grace and from our certain knowledge and mere motion we...
Página 208 - Salisbury] will hardly believe. There was not so much wood in it as would make a faggot. There were a woman and two children there, but the striking part of it is this : from a hole in the ceiling there came a long open tube supported by props, and from that flowed all the filth of the house above, right through the place where this woman was living, into the common sewer. Nobody paid the least attention to it.
Página 53 - The legislature now says to the builder, plan your houses with as few openings as possible, let every house be ill ventilated by shutting out the light and air, and as a reward for your ingenuity you shall be subject to a less amount of taxation than your neighbours.
Página 48 - ... we are of opinion, that the present state of the supply of water to the metropolis is susceptible of, and requires, improvement ; that many of the complaints respecting the quality of the water are well founded; and that it ought to be derived from other sources than those now resorted to, and guarded by such restrictions as shall at all times ensure its cleanliness and purity.
Página 20 - A crowd of a thousand people collected immediately, and its feeling was decidedly against the ministers of the law; so much so, indeed, as to render it doubtful whether the coachmen, whose conduct had been flagrantly criminal, would not be rescued. Now, in America, I think the feeling of such a crowd, would have been just the other way. It would have taken an interest in supporting the authorities of the country, instead of an interest in opposing them. This was not the case of a mob, you will remember,...