Amusements serious and comical, calculated for the meridian of London by Mr. Brown.

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Title
Amusements serious and comical, calculated for the meridian of London by Mr. Brown.
Author
Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.
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London :: Printed for John Nutt,
1700.
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The Voyage of the World.

THERE is no Amusement so en∣tertaining and advantageous, as improving some of our Leisure Time in Traveling. If any Man for that rea∣son has an Inclination to divert him∣self, and Sail with me round the Globe, to supervise almost all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infe∣cted with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whimsical Perambulati∣on; let him follow me, who am go∣ing to Relate it in a Stile, and Lan∣guage, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am resolv'd to pursue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Business.

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Where then shall we begin? In the Name of Mischief what Country will first present it self to my Imagination? He Bien! I have hit upon't already: Let's Steer for the Court, for that's the Region which will furnish us with the finest Lessons for our Knowledge of the World.

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