text:  A vast capital has arisen in the west on a level with the first-rate capitals of the Continent--with Vienna or with Naples; far superior in size to Madrid to Lisbon to Berlin; more than equal to Rome and Milan; or again to Munich and Dresden taken by couples: and in this point beyond comparison with any one of these capitals that whilst _they_ are connected by slight ties with the circumjacent country Glasgow keeps open a communication with the whole land