Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c.: With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes.Anonymous
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Portraits of Curious Characters in London, &c. &c.: With Descriptive and Entertaining Ancedotes.
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London (England) -- Biography
"The company of all mumpers, cadjers, match-makers,
dandelion-diggers, dragon-fogrum-gatherers, water-cress-fishers,
and others, is earnestly requested, to-morrow evening, at
the Old Blind Beak's Head, in Dyot-street, St. Giles's, at
9 o'clock precisely. As the house has been altered, the
company will be accommodated with a large room up stairs;
but those who are not really lame, are desired to leave
their sticks and crutches at the bar, to prevent mischief.
After the admission of new members, the president will give
directions from the chair, for avoiding beadles and all
other unlucky persons; point out, for the benefit of country
members, the best parts for strolling, the method of making
artificial sores, &c.
"Mr. Nick Froth, the landlord, also informs his friends and
customers, that, on account of the many evening lectures and
methodist meetings, in the winter season, the club will meet
an hour later than usual. He will also allow sprats to be
broiled on the tap-room fire, let his boy fetch hogs' maws
and sheeps' heads.--And that he likewise sends strong beer
in white jugs or black tin pots (out of a blind) to any of
the stands, at a reasonable distance from his house.--
"N.B. A good stand to let, now occupied by a person who is
under the necessity of going into the Lock Hospital."
Toby was employed on board a merchantman, bound from Bermuda to Memel,
and in the voyage, from the severity of the weather and change of
climate, lost the whole of his toes in the passage. From Memel, he
found his way to England, on board the Lord Nelson privateer, and ever
since has supported himself by the improper charity he receives from
begging.
MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS
Sir JOHN DINELY, Baronet,
_One of the Knights of Windsor_.
"Take him for all in all,
We ne'er shall look upon his like again."
Sir John Dinely is descended from a very illustrious family, which
continued to flourish in great repute in Worcestershire, till the late
century, when they expired in the person of Sir Edward Dinely, Knight.
The present heroic Sir John Dinely has, however, made his name
conspicuous by stepping into a new road of fancy, by his poetic
effusions, by his curious advertisements for a wife, and by the
singularity of his dress and appearance.
Sir John now lives at Windsor, in one of the habitations appropriated
to reduced gentlemen of his description. His fortune he estimates at
three hundred thousand pounds, _if he could recover it_!
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