The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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at New York, where, in consequence of the celebrity he
obtained from these "Sayings and Doings" he received the appointment of Attache to the American Legation at the Court of St. James's. The object of this work is to continue the record of his observations and proceedings in England. The third person of the party, gentle reader, is your humble servant, Thomas Poker, Esquire, a native of Nova Scotia, and a retired member of the Provincial bar. My name will seldom appear in these pages, as I am uniformly addressed by both my companions as "Squire," nor shall I have to perform the disagreeable task of "reporting my own speeches," for naturally taciturn, I delight in listening rather than talking, and modestly prefer the duties of an amanuensis, to the responsibilities of original composition. The last personage is Jube Japan, a black servant of the Attache. Such are the persons who composed the little party that embarked at New York, on board the Packet ship "Tyler," and sailed on the -- of May, 184-, for England. The motto prefixed to this work (Greek Text) sufficiently explains its character. Classes and not |
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