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 Peter QuinnIt👏 was👏 the👏 best👏 of👏 times,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 worst👏 of👏 times,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 age👏 of👏 wisdom,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 age👏 of👏 foolishness,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 epoch👏 of👏 belief,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 epoch👏 of👏 incredulity,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 season👏 of👏 Light,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 season👏 of👏 Darkness,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 spring👏 of👏 hope,👏 it👏 was👏 the👏 winter👏 of👏 despair,👏 we👏 had👏 everything👏 before👏 us,👏 we👏 had👏 nothing👏 before👏 us,👏 we👏 were👏 all👏 going👏 direct👏 to👏 Heaven,👏 we👏 were👏 all👏 going👏 direct👏 the👏 other👏 way--in👏 short,👏 the👏 period👏 was👏 so👏 far👏 like👏 the👏 present👏 period,👏 that👏 some👏 of👏 its👏 noisiest👏 authorities👏 insisted👏 on👏 its👏 being👏 received,👏 for👏 good👏 or👏 for👏 evil,👏 in👏 the👏 superlative👏 degree👏 of👏 comparison👏 only. There👏 were👏 a👏 king👏 with👏 a👏 large👏 jaw👏 and👏 a👏 queen👏 with👏 a👏 plain👏 face,👏 on👏 the👏 throne👏 of👏 England;👏 there👏 were👏 a👏 king👏 with👏 a👏 large👏 jaw👏 and👏 a👏 queen👏 with👏 a👏 fair👏 face,👏 on👏 the👏 throne👏 of👏 France.👏 In👏 both👏 countries👏 it👏 was👏 clearer👏 than👏 crystal👏 to👏 the👏 lords👏 of👏 the👏 State👏 preserves👏 of👏 loaves👏 and👏 fishes,👏 that👏 things👏 in👏 general👏 were👏 settled👏 for👏 ever. It👏 was👏 the👏 year👏 of👏 Our👏 Lord👏 one👏 thousand👏 seven👏 hundred👏 and👏 seventy-five.👏 Spiritual👏 revelations👏 were👏 conceded👏 to👏 England👏 at👏 that👏 favoured👏 period,👏 as👏 at👏 this.👏 Mrs.👏 Southcott👏 had👏 recently👏 attained👏 her👏 five-and-twentieth👏 blessed👏 birthday,👏 of👏 whom👏 a👏 prophetic👏 private👏 in👏 the👏 Life👏 Guards👏 had👏 heralded👏 the👏 sublime👏 appearance👏 by👏 announcing👏 that👏 arrangements👏 were👏 made👏 for👏 the👏 swallowing👏 up👏 of👏 London👏 and👏 Westminster.👏 Even👏 the👏 Cock-lane👏 ghost👏 had👏 been👏 laid👏 only👏 a👏 round👏 dozen👏 of👏 years,👏 after👏 rapping👏 out👏 its👏 messages,👏 as👏 the👏 spirits👏 of👏 this👏 very👏 year👏 last👏 past👏 (supernaturally👏 deficient👏 in👏 originality)👏 rapped👏 out👏 theirs.👏 Mere👏 messages👏 in👏 the👏 earthly👏 order👏 of👏 events👏 had👏 lately👏 come👏 to👏 the👏 English👏 Crown👏 and👏 People,👏 from👏 a👏 congress👏 of👏 British👏 subjects👏 in👏 America:👏 which,👏 strange👏 to👏 relate,👏 have👏 proved👏 more👏 important👏 to👏 the👏 human👏 race👏 than👏 any👏 communications👏 yet👏 received👏 through👏 any👏 of👏 the👏 chickens👏 of👏 the👏 Cock-lane👏 brood. France,👏 less👏 favoured👏 on👏 the👏 whole👏 as👏 to👏 matters👏 spiritual👏 than👏 her👏 sister👏 of👏 the👏 shield👏 and👏 trident,👏 rolled👏 with👏 exceeding👏 smoothness👏 down👏 hill,👏 making👏 paper👏 money👏 and👏 spending👏 it.👏 Under👏 the👏 guidance👏 of👏 her👏 Christian👏 pastors,👏 she👏 entertained👏 herself,👏 besides,👏 with👏 such👏 humane👏 achievements👏 as👏 sentencing👏 a👏 youth👏 to👏 have👏 his👏 hands👏 cut👏 off,👏 his👏 tongue👏 torn👏 out👏 with👏 pincers,👏 and👏 his👏 body👏 burned👏 alive,👏 because👏 he👏 had👏 not👏 kneeled👏 down👏 in👏 the👏 rain👏 to👏 do👏 honour👏 to👏 a👏 dirty👏 procession👏 of👏 monks👏 which👏 passed👏 within👏 his👏 view,👏 at👏 a👏 distance👏 of👏 some👏 fifty👏 or👏 sixty👏 yards.👏 It👏 is👏 likely👏 enough👏 that,👏 rooted👏 in👏 the👏 woods👏 of👏 France👏 and👏 Norway,👏 there👏 were👏 growing👏 trees,👏 when👏 that👏 sufferer👏 was👏 put👏 to👏 death,👏 already👏 marked👏 by👏 the👏 Woodman,👏 Fate,👏 to👏 come👏 down👏 and👏 be👏 sawn👏 into👏 boards,👏 to👏 make👏 a👏 certain👏 movable👏 framework👏 with👏 a👏 sack👏 and👏 a👏 knife👏 in👏 it,👏 terrible👏 in👏 history.👏 It👏 is👏 likely👏 enough👏 that👏 in👏 the👏 rough👏 outhouses👏 of👏 some👏 tillers👏 of👏 the👏 heavy👏 lands👏 adjacent👏 to👏 Paris,👏 there👏 were👏 sheltered👏 from👏 the👏 weather👏 that👏 very👏 day,👏 rude👏 carts,👏 bespattered👏 with👏 rustic👏 mire,👏 snuffed👏 about👏 by👏 pigs,👏 and👏 roosted👏 in👏 by👏 poultry,👏 which👏 the👏 Farmer,👏 Death,👏 had👏 already👏 set👏 apart👏 to👏 be👏 his👏 tumbrils👏 of👏 the👏 Revolution.👏 But👏 that👏 Woodman👏 and👏 that👏 Farmer,👏 though👏 they👏 work👏 unceasingly,👏 work👏 silently,👏 and👏 no👏 one👏 heard👏 them👏 as👏 they👏 went👏 about👏 with👏 muffled👏 tread:👏 the👏 rather,👏 forasmuch👏 as👏 to👏 entertain👏 any👏 suspicion👏 that👏 they👏 were👏 awake,👏 was👏 to👏 be👏 atheistical👏 and👏 traitorous. In👏 England,👏 there👏 was👏 scarcely👏 an👏 amount👏 of👏 order👏 and👏 protection👏 to👏 justify👏 much👏 national👏 boasting.👏 Daring👏 burglaries👏 by👏 armed👏 men,👏 and👏 highway👏 robberies,👏 took👏 place👏 in👏 the👏 capital👏 itself👏 every👏 night;👏 families👏 were👏 publicly👏 cautioned👏 not👏 to👏 go👏 out👏 of👏 town👏 without👏 removing👏 their👏 furniture👏 to👏 upholsterers'👏 warehouses👏 for👏 security;👏 the👏 highwayman👏 in👏 the👏 dark👏 was👏 a👏 City👏 tradesman👏 in👏 the👏 light,👏 and,👏 being👏 recognised👏 and👏 challenged👏 by👏 his👏 fellow-👏 tradesman👏 whom👏 he👏 stopped👏 in👏 his👏 character👏 of👏 "the👏 Captain,"👏 gallantly👏 shot👏 him👏 through👏 the👏 head👏 and👏 rode👏 away;👏 the👏 mall👏 was👏 waylaid👏 by👏 seven👏 robbers,👏 and👏 the👏 guard👏 shot👏 three👏 dead,👏 and👏 then👏 got👏 shot👏 dead👏 himself👏 by👏 the👏 other👏 four,👏 "in👏 consequence👏 of👏 the👏 failure👏 of👏 his👏 ammunition:"👏 after👏 which👏 the👏 mall👏 was👏 robbed👏 in👏 peace;👏 that👏 magnificent👏 potentate,👏 the👏 Lord👏 Mayor👏 of👏 London,👏 was👏 made👏 to👏 stand👏 and👏 deliver👏 on👏 Turnham👏 Green,👏 by👏 one👏 highwayman,👏 who👏 despoiled👏 the👏 illustrious👏 creature👏 in👏 sight👏 of👏 all👏 his👏 retinue;👏 prisoners👏 in👏 London👏 gaols👏 fought👏 battles👏 with👏 their👏 turnkeys,👏 and👏 the👏 majesty👏 of👏 the👏 law👏 fired👏 blunderbusses👏 in👏 among👏 them,👏 loaded👏 with👏 rounds👏 of👏 shot👏 and👏 ball;👏 thieves👏 snipped👏 off👏 diamond👏 crosses👏 from👏 the👏 necks👏 of👏 noble👏 lords👏 at👏 Court👏 drawing-rooms;👏 musketeers👏 went👏 into👏 St.👏 Giles's,👏 to👏 search👏 for👏 contraband👏 goods,👏 and👏 the👏 mob👏 fired👏 on👏 the👏 musketeers,👏 and👏 the👏 musketeers👏 fired👏 on👏 the👏 mob,👏 and👏 nobody👏 thought👏 any👏 of👏 these👏 occurrences👏 much👏 out👏 of👏 the👏 common👏 way.👏 In👏 the👏 midst👏 of👏 them,👏 the👏 hangman,👏 ever👏 busy👏 and👏 ever👏 worse👏 than👏 useless,👏 was👏 in👏 constant👏 requisition;👏 now,👏 stringing👏 up👏 long👏 rows👏 of👏 miscellaneous👏 criminals;👏 now,👏 hanging👏 a👏 housebreaker👏 on👏 Saturday👏 who👏 had👏 been👏 taken👏 on👏 Tuesday;👏 now,👏 burning👏 people👏 in👏 the👏 hand👏 at👏 Newgate👏 by👏 the👏 dozen,👏 and👏 now👏 burning👏 pamphlets👏 at👏 the👏 door👏 of👏 Westminster👏 Hall;👏 to-day,👏 taking👏 the👏 life👏 of👏 an👏 atrocious👏 murderer,👏 and👏 to-morrow👏 of👏 a👏 wretched👏 pilferer👏 who👏 had👏 robbed👏 a👏 farmer's👏 boy👏 of👏 sixpence. All👏 these👏 things,👏 and👏 a👏 thousand👏 like👏 them,👏 came👏 to👏 pass👏 in👏 and👏 close👏 upon👏 the👏 dear👏 old👏 year👏 one👏 thousand👏 seven👏 hundred👏 and👏 seventy-five.👏 Environed👏 by👏 them,👏 while👏 the👏 Woodman👏 and👏 the👏 Farmer👏 worked👏 unheeded,👏 those👏 two👏 of👏 the👏 large👏 jaws,👏 and👏 those👏 other👏 two👏 of👏 the👏 plain👏 and👏 the👏 fair👏 faces,👏 trod👏 with👏 stir👏 enough,👏 and👏 carried👏 their👏 divine👏 rights👏 with👏 a👏 high👏 hand.👏 Thus👏 did👏 the👏 year👏 one👏 thousand👏 seven👏 hundred👏 and👏 seventy-five👏 conduct👏 their👏 Greatnesses,👏 and👏 myriads👏 of👏 small👏 creatures--the👏 creatures👏 of👏 this👏 chronicle👏 among👏 the👏 rest--along👏 the👏 roads👏 that👏 lay👏 before👏 them.
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