The Velocipede
Its History, Varieties, And Practice
J.t. Goddard
The velocipede was cultivated most assiduously for some little time by the sporting gentry of England ; but Lord George Bentick and other persons of fashion finally pronounced so decidedly against it, that it descended to the vulgar level of a plaything for young people and ceased to be regarded in any other light than that of a toy or hobby. ...
The velocipede was cultivated most assiduously for some little time by the sporting gentry of England ; but Lord George Bentick and other persons of fashion finally pronounced so decidedly against it, that it descended to the vulgar level of a plaything for young people and ceased to be regarded in any other light than that of a toy or hobby.
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