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Review Of New Publications.
Mar . Why , Jack , what makes you booted ? Y . F . A man ought to be booted , when he ' s on a journey . A'nt I going the tour of Europe ? Liar . Oh ! I beg your pardon . I had forgot ; but you don't seem furnish'd with a very elegant riding-dress—boots and black are not very correct—hey ! Y- F . The customs of countries differ ; but to tell you the truth , so much travelling has made vast havock among my leather , and as for my black small
clothes , I wear them as mourning for the demise of my last colour'd pair . Hear . But , my dear Jack , what can be the joke of your staying in this sad p lace ? Y . F . All the joke was in getting here . Staying is nor quite so comical . Har . But , jack , I must know what brought you here ? Y . F . Poll . , ' Har . Poll!—what Poll ?
Y . F Not know Poll ? where the devil have you liv'd ?—Not know Poll ?— .. Why Poll is the rage—In Hyde Park every morning—rides the best horsedrives the best curricle—gives the best dinners—damme , the first Dutchess in the land envies Poll ! Har . I beg Poll's pardon for not knowing her . Y . F . So you ought : for Poll ' s familiar and kind , she'd have no objection , to knowing you . Bu : the thing isfather said I shott'd be a Man of Fashion
, , andl . so I am , an ' t I ?—Damme , you still look at my legs—well , blacklegs don ' t make me less a Man of Fashion . Har . Oh I by no means . Y . F . Well . —But about Poll—As I was to be a Man of Fashion , who so proper to make me one as Poll ? Poll has made and unmade half the fine men . of the day . I kept poll when T was at school ; Pol ) stuck to me at college ;
and when father fix'd I should travel , and see the world , who so fit to shew it me a ; poli ? * Har . Well , why did n ' t Poll shew it you ? Y . F . She did , she shew'dmc here . Har . But why not take her abroad with you ? Y . F . She would not go . Poll said she would do any thing but cross the water with me . And 1 could not find in my heart to go abroad without her .
So I touch'd father's cash , and resolv'd to finish my education in my own country . ' - Har . Very patriotic ; truly I Y . F . Well , father went to Bat !;—I staid in town—the money flew—Poll , knew how to dash it . When all was gene , it was natural enough to come here , you know . Har . But how were you able to leave Poll ?
Y . F . She did not trouble ' me to think about that : when the money was gone , Pol ! left me . Har . So Poll would not follow . your fortunes to the King ' s Bench !—How . unkind ! Y . F . So I told her—•• Ah , Poll ! " said I , " 'tis- damm'd ill-natur'd to leave me . " tier . And what did she say ?
Y . F . She only hugh'd and said , — " She told meat first , she'd do any thing but cross the water with inc . " Har . You must throw yourself on your father ' s mercy at last , and the sooner you do it the better . ' The piece , from its first representation at the Theatre , has been received with the greatest applause ; and we cannot conclude , without strongly recommending it to the notice of every lover of the truly comic .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
Mar . Why , Jack , what makes you booted ? Y . F . A man ought to be booted , when he ' s on a journey . A'nt I going the tour of Europe ? Liar . Oh ! I beg your pardon . I had forgot ; but you don't seem furnish'd with a very elegant riding-dress—boots and black are not very correct—hey ! Y- F . The customs of countries differ ; but to tell you the truth , so much travelling has made vast havock among my leather , and as for my black small
clothes , I wear them as mourning for the demise of my last colour'd pair . Hear . But , my dear Jack , what can be the joke of your staying in this sad p lace ? Y . F . All the joke was in getting here . Staying is nor quite so comical . Har . But , jack , I must know what brought you here ? Y . F . Poll . , ' Har . Poll!—what Poll ?
Y . F Not know Poll ? where the devil have you liv'd ?—Not know Poll ?— .. Why Poll is the rage—In Hyde Park every morning—rides the best horsedrives the best curricle—gives the best dinners—damme , the first Dutchess in the land envies Poll ! Har . I beg Poll's pardon for not knowing her . Y . F . So you ought : for Poll ' s familiar and kind , she'd have no objection , to knowing you . Bu : the thing isfather said I shott'd be a Man of Fashion
, , andl . so I am , an ' t I ?—Damme , you still look at my legs—well , blacklegs don ' t make me less a Man of Fashion . Har . Oh I by no means . Y . F . Well . —But about Poll—As I was to be a Man of Fashion , who so proper to make me one as Poll ? Poll has made and unmade half the fine men . of the day . I kept poll when T was at school ; Pol ) stuck to me at college ;
and when father fix'd I should travel , and see the world , who so fit to shew it me a ; poli ? * Har . Well , why did n ' t Poll shew it you ? Y . F . She did , she shew'dmc here . Har . But why not take her abroad with you ? Y . F . She would not go . Poll said she would do any thing but cross the water with me . And 1 could not find in my heart to go abroad without her .
So I touch'd father's cash , and resolv'd to finish my education in my own country . ' - Har . Very patriotic ; truly I Y . F . Well , father went to Bat !;—I staid in town—the money flew—Poll , knew how to dash it . When all was gene , it was natural enough to come here , you know . Har . But how were you able to leave Poll ?
Y . F . She did not trouble ' me to think about that : when the money was gone , Pol ! left me . Har . So Poll would not follow . your fortunes to the King ' s Bench !—How . unkind ! Y . F . So I told her—•• Ah , Poll ! " said I , " 'tis- damm'd ill-natur'd to leave me . " tier . And what did she say ?
Y . F . She only hugh'd and said , — " She told meat first , she'd do any thing but cross the water with inc . " Har . You must throw yourself on your father ' s mercy at last , and the sooner you do it the better . ' The piece , from its first representation at the Theatre , has been received with the greatest applause ; and we cannot conclude , without strongly recommending it to the notice of every lover of the truly comic .