Name: The Desultory Man
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
ISBN: ‎ 978-1356752133

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The Desultory Man

By G.P.R James 21 Sep, 2021

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EXCERPT: I slept; and, in a vision, to my eyes Nature's last tragedy appeared to rise. Man's climbing mind had subtilised each art, Sublimed the whole, and perfected each part. Laws, arts, and arms, had undergone a change, Not l ... Read more

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I slept; and, in a vision, to my eyes
Nature's last tragedy appeared to rise.
Man's climbing mind had subtilised each art,
Sublimed the whole, and perfected each part.
Laws, arts, and arms, had undergone a change,
Not less magnificent because most strange.
Steam, mighty steam! had superseded all--
Made horses bankrupts, and made bread to fall.
Steam-boats, steam-guns, steam-kitchens, and steam-coaches,
To this perfection made the first approaches:
But this was nothing to the wondrous steaming
The future showed me as I lay a-dreaming.
Vain in description to waste precious paper--
Suffice it, Europe was one cloud of vapour!

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George Payne Rainsford James

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George Payne Rainsford James (9 Aug 1799 – 9 June 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in th...

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