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to London, and following the example of Wilson 

 in America, exhibited there the engravings of 

 his work. This measure, to which he was 

 greatly disinclined, he resolved to take from the 

 conviction of its expediency, as it promised a 

 more immediate recognition than he could other- 

 wise obtain. In his crowded reception-room he 

 listened to the varied remarks of his visitors, and 

 was recompensed for the sacrifice of his feelings 

 by the numerous subscriptions thus received. 

 In Manchester he obtained upwards of twenty 

 in one week, and had the good fortune to form 

 there, moreover, several friendships which con- 

 tinued with him through life. 



Through Chester, Birmingham, and classic 

 Oxford he continued his tour, until, with alter- 

 nating hope and fear, he approached the great 

 metropolis of England. With mingled admira- 

 tion and horror this citizen of the new world 

 beheld its sharp contrast of wretchedness and 

 magnificence — ^raising his eyes from squalid 

 poverty and despairing crime to noble monu- 

 ments and mansions of aristocratic pomp. As 

 the bearer of numerous introductions to Euro- 

 pean celebrities, from statesmen and others of dis- 

 tinction, in his own country, he had seemingly 

 a good foundation on which to establish an inter- 

 course favourable to his intentions. But the 

 busy unceasing engrossment of London existence 

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