[21]: Now in the National Gallery: bought by the trustees from the late Sir Robert Peel.
[22]: Tom Hood notices this steam carriage in his poem of "Conveyancing"—
"Instead of journeys, people now
May go upon a Gurney,
With steam to do the horses' work,
By powers of attorney;
Tho' with a load, it may explode,
And you may all be undone!
And find you're going up to heaven,
Instead of up to London."
[23]: As applied to tailors, "cabbage" means the remnants of cloth stolen in making up garments. The "goose" is the large iron used for pressing seams, etc.
[24]: The reader can find others in the Times of March 18, 1833; February 1, and November 2, 1836; and February 9, 1837.
Transcriber's note.
Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.