title: Unusual Sayings for Usual Days: Readings for Amusement and Action
author: Rodney Charles Dutton
description: Rodney Charles Dutton grew up in southern Oklahoma. He has lived in every time zone of the lower forty-eight states of the U.S.A. He has also visited twenty-six countries, and had the privilege of living in India for three years. Rodney loves learning about history, cultures and languages. Diversity intrigues him and he feels comfortable in multicultural settings. Photography fascinates him. Creating and sharing his short stories, childrens stories and poetry give him great joy. Rodney currently lives in New York City.
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  # Amusements Serious and Comical
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Thomas Brown
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  The PREFACE. Amusement I.
  
  
  Amusement II.
  
  
  The Voyage of the World.
  
  
  The COURT.
  
  
  Amusement III. LONDON.
  
  
  Amusement IV. Westminster-Hall.
  
  
  Amusement V. The Play-House.
  
  
  Amusement VI.
  
  
  The WALKS.
  
  
  GALLANTRY.
  
  
  Amusement VII. MARRIAGE.
  
  
  Amusement VIII. The Philosophical, or Virtuosi
  
  
  Country.
  
  
  Amusement IX. PHYSICK.
  
  
  Amusement X.
  
  
  Gaming-Houses.
  
  
  The Fragments of an Indian Letter.
  
  
  Coffee-Houses.
  
  
  A Heralds Office.
  
  
  Amusement XI.
  
  
  The City Visiting-Day.
  
  
  The City Circle.
  
  
  Amusement XII. The PUBLICK.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ###  _The PREFACE._ Amusement I.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  The Title I have confer'd upon my Book, gives me Authority to make
  
  
  as long a Preface as I please; for a Long Preface is a true _
  
  
  Amusement._
  
  
    