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Summary
"A Peep at the Gas-lights in Pall Mall", a humorous caricature of reactions to the installation of the new invention of gas-burning street lighting on Pall-Mall, London.
Dialogue in caricature:
- Well-informed gentleman
- "The Coals being steam'd produces tar or paint for the outside of Houses -- the Smoke passing thro' water is deprived of substance and burns as you see."
- Irishman
- "Arragh honey, if this man bring fire thro water we shall soon have the Thames and the Liffey burnt down -- and all the pretty little herrings and whales burnt to cinders."
- Rustic bumpkin
- "Wauns, what a main pretty light it be: we have nothing like it in our Country."
- Quaker
- "Aye, Friend, but it is all Vanity: what is this to the Inward Light?"
- Shady Female
- "If this light is not put a stop to -- we must give up our business. We may as well shut up shop."
- Shady Male
- "True, my dear: not a dark corner to be got for love or money."
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| current | 07:54, 5 January 2017 | | 1,797 × 1,270 (846 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>"A Peep at the Gas-lights in Pall Mall", a humorous caricature of reactions to the installation of the new invention of gas-burning street lighting on Pall-Mall, London. </p> <p>Dialogue in caricature: </p> <dl> <dt>Well-informed gentleman</dt> <dd> "The Coals being steam'd produces tar or paint for the outside of Houses -- the Smoke passing thro' water is deprived of substance and burns as you see."</dd> <dt>Irishman</dt> <dd> "Arragh honey, if this man bring fire thro water we shall soon have the Thames and the Liffey burnt down -- and all the pretty little herrings and whales burnt to cinders."</dd> <dt>Rustic bumpkin</dt> <dd> "Wauns, what a main pretty light it be: we have nothing like it in our Country."</dd> <dt>Quaker</dt> <dd> "Aye, Friend, but it is all Vanity: what is this to the Inward Light?"</dd> <dt>Shady Female</dt> <dd> "If this light is not put a stop to -- we must give up our business. We may as well shut up shop."</dd> <dt>Shady Male</dt> <dd> "True, my dear: not a dark corner to be got for love or money."</dd> </dl> |
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