Excerpt from The Budget of the Bubble Family<br><br>AT an epoch like the present, when the political hemisphere of Great Britain is dazzling the world with its brightness, owing en tirely to those stars of the Bubble Family which now sway its des tinies - it would be superfluous, ii' not impertinent, to descant, physiologically, or even historically, upon their well-known atiri butes; suffice it to say, that they have been from time immemorial W bigs - a term in itself comprising, and implying that love of civil and religious liberty, which makes men Arians, or any-thing Arians, as occasion, or that most colossal of Whig bulwarks, expe diency, may require. Oi the antiquity of this widely-spread, and most aristocratic family, no one can be ignorant, who is even slightly acquainted with sacred or profane history; in the former they may trace their descent from Jacob; and every Bubble can. To this day say with him, I am a smooth man, being equal adepts in pseudology, with that brother-cheating patriarch. In the latter it will be seen that their blood has nowed through countless ages in the veins of the most distinguished poets, painters, warriors, phi los0phers, and statesmen; but why should I go back to Sallust or Alcibiades, when a subject the Bubbles have always had most at heart, now engrosses my attention, - I mean their own aiiairs; but this I say in strict confidence to you, my dear reader, for it is one of the greatest charms of their name that they always appear more interested about others than themselves; and I have no doubt that it was some of their Norman ancestors who first gave our Gallic neighbours the idea of that tapestry for which they have since been so celebrated, and wherein are produced the most high-coloured.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.