The patron [The devil upon two sticks.--The maid of Bath.--The bankrupt] / [Samuel Foote].

  • Samuel Foote
Date:
1794
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Credit: The patron [The devil upon two sticks.--The maid of Bath.--The bankrupt] / [Samuel Foote]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s API. Enter Sir Peter Pepperpot, and two Blacks. Sir Pet. Careless scoundrels! liarkee, rascals! I’ll banish you home, you dogs! you shall back, and broil in the sun. Mr. Bever, your humble: Sir, I am your entirely devoted. Bev. You seem mov’d 5 what has been the matter. Sir Peter? Sir Pet. Matter! why, I am invited to dinner on a barbicu, and the villains have forgot my bottle of thian. Youn. Unpardonable. Sir Pet. Ay, this country lias spoil’d them; this same Christening will ruin the colonies. Well, dear Pever, rare news, boy ; our fleet is arriv d fiom the West. Rev. It is? Sir Pet. Ay, lad, and a glorious cargo of turtle. It was lucky 1 went to Brighthelmstone; I nick’d the time to a hair ; thin as a lath, and a stomach as sharp as a shark’s: never was in finer condition for feeding. Bev. Have you a large importation, Sir Peter? Sir Pet. Nine; but seven in excellent order : the Captain assures me they greatly gain’d ground on the voyage Bev. How do you dispose of them ? Sir Pet. Four to Cornhill, three to Almack’s, and the two sickly ones I shall send to my borough in Yorkshire. Youn. Ay! what,have the Provincials a relish for turtle ?
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