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Excerpt from Works of Charles Dickens, Vol. 2: Household Edition A carriage was hired from the Town Arms, for the ao comm )dation of the Pickwickians, and a chariot was or dered from the same repository, for the purpose of con veying Mr. And Mrs. Pott to Mrs. Leo Hunter's grounds, which Mr. Pott, as a delicate acknowledgment of having received an invitation, had already confidently predicted in the Eatanswill Gazette would present a scene of va ried and delicious enchantment a bewildering corusca tion of beauty and talent a lavish and prodigal display of hospitality above all, a degree of splendor softened by the most exquisite taste and adornment refined with perfect harmony and the chastest good-keeping com pared with which, the fabled gorgeousness of Eastern Fairy Land itself, would appear to be clothed in as many dark and murky colors, as must be the mind of the Splenetic and unmanly being who could presume to taint with the venom of his envy, the preparations making by the virtuous and highly distinguished lady, at whose shrine this humble tribute of admiration was offered. This last was a piece of biting sarcasm against the Ih dependent, who in consequence of not having been ih vited at all, had been through four numbers affecting to sneer at the whole affair, in his very largest type, with all the adjectives in capital letters. 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.