Great post fortinian,
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'The Grand Old Man' had some peculiar habits; he used to chop wood for exercise. I can't imagine what got him so worked up?
To go 'Slumming' was part of an older English tradition of peering at the unfortunate:
'In the 18th century people used to go to Bedlam to stare at the lunatics. For a penny one could peer into their cells, view the freaks of the "show of Bethlehem" and laugh at their antics. Entry was free on the first Tuesday of the month. In 1814 alone, there were 96,000 such visits.'
From wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital
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