The Gipsy, Vol. 1 of 3
A Tale (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Gipsy, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale<br><br>At that time in the world's history when watches, in their decline from the fat comeliness of the turnip to the scanty meagreness of the half-crown, had arrived at the intermediate form of a biffin - when the last remnant of a chivalrous spirit instigated men to wear swords every day, and to take purses on horseback - when quadrupeds were preferred to steam, and sails were necessary to a ship - when Chatham and Blackstone appeared in the senate and at the bar, and Goldsmith, Johnson, and Burke, Cowper, Reynolds, Robertson, Hume, and Smollett, were just beginning to cumber the highways of arts and sciences - at that period of the dark ages, the events which are about to be related undoubtedly took place, in a county which shall be nameless.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.