The Natural History of the Gent (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Natural History of the Gent The Gent is of comparatively late creation. He has sprung from the original rude untutored man by combinations of chance and cultiva tion, in the same manner as the later varieties of fancy pippins have been produced by the devices of artful market-gardeners, from the original stock wild crab of the hedges. The fashion which Gents have of occasionally ad dressing one another as my pippin favours this analogy: and when they use this figure of speech, they pronounce it as follows, - placing great stress on the first letter, and then waiting awhile for the rest, Ullo, my P - ippin l. 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.