Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell: That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot 10 IX. BY-THE-WAY. DE QUINCEY tells us that his first childish impression of the magnitude of London, was derived from the sight of the immense droves of cattle in the suburban roads, all tending to one point, and destined to supply the metropolitan markets; and Dr. Johnson perambulated the streets forty years before he encountered an old Derbyshire friend, whose diurnal walks embraced the same circle; but the stranger now gains the most vivid idea of this vastness, after a day passed amid the luxurious dwellings of the West-End, by a nocturnal pilgrimage through the most crowded throughfares of the city; on Saturday evening they swarm with shopkeepers, clerks, porters, dandies, errand-boys, women, and mechanics, and as one adroitly threads the long procession, the strong artificial light falls on wan or burly faces, and helps to increase the panoramic effect; the blue and orange reflection of the chem |