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To The Editor Of The Scientific Magazine.
been often played in affairs of this kind , many of the things above related are not reconcileable with juggling ; such as , the loud noises beyond the power of man to make , without such instruments as were not there ; the tearing and breaking the beds ; the throwing-about the fire ; the hoof treading out the candle ; and the striving for the sword , and the blow the man received from the pummel of it , '
The Ghost Of Sterne In London.
THE GHOST OF STERNE IN LONDON .
A PLAGUE of long ' stages ! I'd rather be shampoo'd by all the barx * - bers of Hindostan , than venture myself among such a set a second time : —cooped up in a crazy coach , with a brand y merchant ' s wife , as fat as a porpoise , on one side;—a raw-boned Caledonian , whose sharp shoulder bones could hardl y be prevailed upon to stay within his skin , the other—and Welchman
on ; a opposite , . whose reddening face seemed to threaten me with a . box on the ear every time my knee ' touched his I—Worse still ! a fellow has spit a quid of his cursed tobacco on my . stocking !—Well , —never mind;—' tis all over now . We are safely landed ; but my foot sleeps confoundedly . ' Stamp it on the groundMrThersites' ( which the
, . , was name J had assumed , to prevent the fear which ghosts commonl y create ) said the lady , with the pimple on her nose . — ' I will , ma ' am , ' said I . —It cured my foot , but the stone on which I stamped ,, was loose , and splashed the white breeches of an Irish o-entleman ; whom , if I am not mistaken , I had seen wearing a turban at Constantinople .
' Upon my soul , sir , ' said he , ' you do not act like a gentleman in splashing me so . '— ' ' I am sony for it , indeed sir , ' said I , ' for if I were onl y killino- a louse , I would try to do it in a gentleman-like way . " ° He swore , and talked of fi ghting ; but I knew him too well to mind nim . —It was a mere flash 1
My getting so handsomely rid of this duel in embryo , has put me in such a good humour , that I will tell you a secret of very great importance . But if I should happen to be taken by the watchmen in one of my nocturnal rambles , and carried by them before the city magistrates , I may fare the worse for divul ging it : —so I may as well hold my tongue—yetas it is rather ill-bred to excite curiosity and not
, your gratify it , I will tell you in a few words , Kent street is a very filthy entrance into London . However , out of regard for the respectable body of men just mentioned , I would advise you not tp speak of this again ; —and , if this should not be sufficient to silence you , I can give you another reason for this precaution , which is—that all the world knows it , as well as yourself
.-r-'NowforcofTee , my fellow-travellers . —Whatanumberof emigrants ' ! Wiiy , Paris must be quite gutted by this time !'— - 'Almost , sir , ' said one of them . — < It was a charming place once '
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To The Editor Of The Scientific Magazine.
been often played in affairs of this kind , many of the things above related are not reconcileable with juggling ; such as , the loud noises beyond the power of man to make , without such instruments as were not there ; the tearing and breaking the beds ; the throwing-about the fire ; the hoof treading out the candle ; and the striving for the sword , and the blow the man received from the pummel of it , '
The Ghost Of Sterne In London.
THE GHOST OF STERNE IN LONDON .
A PLAGUE of long ' stages ! I'd rather be shampoo'd by all the barx * - bers of Hindostan , than venture myself among such a set a second time : —cooped up in a crazy coach , with a brand y merchant ' s wife , as fat as a porpoise , on one side;—a raw-boned Caledonian , whose sharp shoulder bones could hardl y be prevailed upon to stay within his skin , the other—and Welchman
on ; a opposite , . whose reddening face seemed to threaten me with a . box on the ear every time my knee ' touched his I—Worse still ! a fellow has spit a quid of his cursed tobacco on my . stocking !—Well , —never mind;—' tis all over now . We are safely landed ; but my foot sleeps confoundedly . ' Stamp it on the groundMrThersites' ( which the
, . , was name J had assumed , to prevent the fear which ghosts commonl y create ) said the lady , with the pimple on her nose . — ' I will , ma ' am , ' said I . —It cured my foot , but the stone on which I stamped ,, was loose , and splashed the white breeches of an Irish o-entleman ; whom , if I am not mistaken , I had seen wearing a turban at Constantinople .
' Upon my soul , sir , ' said he , ' you do not act like a gentleman in splashing me so . '— ' ' I am sony for it , indeed sir , ' said I , ' for if I were onl y killino- a louse , I would try to do it in a gentleman-like way . " ° He swore , and talked of fi ghting ; but I knew him too well to mind nim . —It was a mere flash 1
My getting so handsomely rid of this duel in embryo , has put me in such a good humour , that I will tell you a secret of very great importance . But if I should happen to be taken by the watchmen in one of my nocturnal rambles , and carried by them before the city magistrates , I may fare the worse for divul ging it : —so I may as well hold my tongue—yetas it is rather ill-bred to excite curiosity and not
, your gratify it , I will tell you in a few words , Kent street is a very filthy entrance into London . However , out of regard for the respectable body of men just mentioned , I would advise you not tp speak of this again ; —and , if this should not be sufficient to silence you , I can give you another reason for this precaution , which is—that all the world knows it , as well as yourself
.-r-'NowforcofTee , my fellow-travellers . —Whatanumberof emigrants ' ! Wiiy , Paris must be quite gutted by this time !'— - 'Almost , sir , ' said one of them . — < It was a charming place once '