The Stranger's Guide to Sydney: Arranged in a Series of Walks with a Map of the City ...

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Library of Australian History, 1861 - History - 105 pages
 

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Page 37 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum ; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good : No private views disgraced our generous zeal, What urged our travels was our country's weal : And none will doubt but that our emigration Has proved most useful to the British nation.
Page 37 - twas so dark you could not see your hand, Some true-bred Falstaff, we may hope to start, Who, when well-bolstered, well will play his part. The scene to vary, we shall try in time To treat you with a little pantomime. Here light and easy Columbines are found, And well-tried Harlequins with us abound; From durance vile our precious selves to keep, We often had recourse to th' flying leap, To a black face have sometimes ow'd escape, And Hounslow Heath has proved the worth of crape.
Page 37 - Has proved most useful to the British nation. But you inquire, what could our breasts inflame, With this new passion for theatric fame; What, in the practice of our former days, Could shape our talents to exhibit plays? Your patience, sirs, some observations made, You'll grant us equal to the scenic trade. He who to midnight ladders is no stranger, You'll own will -make an admirable Ranger.
Page 65 - The above fares to be paid according to distance or time, at the option of the hirer, to be expressed at the commencement of the hiring ; if not otherwise expressed, the fare to be paid according to distance.
Page 38 - Give me a horse," bawls Richard, like a drone, We'll find a man would help himself to one. Grant us your favour, put us to •the test, To gain your smiles we'll do our very best ; And without dread of future Turnkey Lockits, Thus, in an honest way, still pick your pockets.
Page 66 - No driver is compellablo to hire his carriage for a fare according to time, at any time after eight o'clock in the evening, and before six o'clock in the morning.
Page 21 - ... extensive plans of immigration. He established religious equality on a just and firm basis, and sought to provide for all, without distinction of sect, a sound and adequate system of National Education. He constructed various public works of permanent utility. He founded the flourishing...
Page 21 - ... his judgment, urbanity, and firmness justified the choice. Comprehending at once the vast resources peculiar to this Colony, he applied them, for the first time systematically, to its benefit. He voluntarily divested himself of the prodigious influence arising from the assignment of penal labour, and enacted just and salutary laws for the amelioration of penal discipline. He was the first Governor who published satisfactory accounts of the public receipts and expenditure. Without oppression or...

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