The Olio: Being a Collection of Essays, Dialogues, Letters, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Pieces of Poetry, Parodies, Bon Mots, Epigrams, Epitaphs, &c., Chiefly OriginalS. Hooper, 1792 - 321 頁 |
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第 72 頁 - ... faluted with a fmack, And friend receiv'd with thumps upon the back) When thy fleek gelding nimbly leaps the mound, And RINGWOOD opens on the tainted ground, Is that thy praife ? Let RINGWOOD'S fame alone; Juft RINGWOOD leaves each animal his own; Nor envies, when a gypfy you commit, And make the clumfy bench with country wit ; When you the dulleft of dull things have faid, And then afk pardon for theje/1 you made.
第 42 頁 - He was commonly followed by a couple of greyhounds and a pointer, and announced his arrival at a neighbour's house by smacking his whip, or giving the view-halloo. His drink was generally ale, except...
第 44 頁 - Dispensatory," the Complete Justice, and a Book of Farriery. In the corner, by the fire-side, stood a large wooden two-armed chair with a cushion ; and within the chimney corner were a couple of seats. Here, at Christmas, he entertained his tenants assembled round a glowing fire made of the roots of trees, and other great logs, and told and heard the traditionary tales of the village respecting ghosts and witches, till fear made them afraid to move. In the mean time the jorum of ale was in continual...
第 42 頁 - Another character, now worn out and gone, was the country squire; I mean the little independent gentleman of three hundred pounds per annum, who commonly appeared in a plain drab or plush coat, large silver buttons, a jockey cap, and rarely without boots.
第 143 頁 - Lion, he put a shilling in his mouth, and set himself in the attitude of a lion rampant. After exciting much admiration, he was led back to the inn by a soldier, under the idea that he was a maniac escaped from his keepers.
第 44 頁 - ... on great men, to solicit a place or commission to live in London, to rack their tenants, and draw their rents before due. The venerable mansion, in the mean time...
第 142 頁 - Harvest a horse, as he frequently lost his beast from under him, or at least out of his hands. It was his practice to dismount, and lead his horse, putting the bridle under his arm; sometimes the...
第 43 頁 - The vacant spaces were occupied by stags' horns. Against the wall was posted King Charles's Golden Rules, Vincent Wing's Almanack and a portrait of the duke of Marlborough: in his window lay Baker's Chronicle, Fox's Book of Martyrs, Glanvil on Apparitions, Quincey's Dispensatory, the Complete Justice and a Book of Farriery.
第 144 頁 - ... between the sheets with his boots on. In company he never put the bottle round, but always filled when it stood opposite to him, so that he very often took half a dozen glasses running—that he alone was intoxicated, and the rest of the company sober, is not therefore to be wondered at.
第 233 頁 - TIS faid that our foldiers fo lazy are grown, With luxury, plenty, and eafe, That they more for their carriage than courage are known, And fcarce know the ufe of a piece.