The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843Various
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The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843
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Accordingly, when evening arrives, Faithful accompanies the Justice
and the sheriff to Goody Hobbes's mansion, which the 'visiting
party' enter with faces as long and serious as if they had come to
a funeral. The Justice breaks silence, by asking Beautiful how she
finds herself, to which she responds, 'I notion I feel better this
evening, and am not bewitched any more.' 'Then,' quoth the Justice,
'I guess you was crazy this morning.' 'I guess I was,' answers
Beautiful. The final result is, that Patience Peabody is liberated,
and Remarkable Short and Preserved Perkins, who have 'conspired
against the general peace,' cut a remarkable figure in the stocks;
where, being obliged to endure each other's company for two hours
side by side, they contracted an affection for that position; 'their
passions vacillated from the extreme of hate to that of love; a
sneaking partiality arose between them; Preserved afterward married
Remarkable, and a curious couple they were.' Faithful carried
back his blooming bride, with whom he lived a long life of peace
and innocence. 'They had thirteen children; the first was called
Welcome, and the last Content; and their posterity inherit the land
to this day.'
* * * * *
MANY of our readers, who never had the good fortune to hear the
elder KEAN, will thank us for the annexed striking picture by SANDS,
of his personation of Shylock, in 'The Merchant of Venice.' It was
written for the 'Literary Journal,' a thin monthly pamphlet, which
closed its very brief existence some twenty-five years ago:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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