Excerpt from Sketches of Life, Characters, and Manners, in Various Countries, Vol. 1: Including the Memoirs of a French Lady of Quality, by the Author of Zeluco Edward Hearts of oak are our (hips, Hearts of oak are our men, &c. I went to bed thinking of Old England, and pafi'ed the night (0 agreeably with certain friends in London, that I Was exceedingly vexed, 'when I awaked this morning, to find myfelf in Vevay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.