Volume 2

The spiritual Quixote: or, the summer's ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A comic romance / [Anon].

  • Richard Graves
Date:
1774
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Credit: The spiritual Quixote: or, the summer's ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A comic romance / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s¢] affure you, Sir, I have heard Mr. Whit- “‘ field often fay, ‘that he had rather preach **to a congregation of Publicans and Harlots, © @r what the world may call Whores and ** Rogues, than to a fett of mere nominal ** Chriftians, or good fort of people as they ** are called, who flatter themfelves that they *¢ need no repentance.” The Captain faid, ** that, although he fhould *© be called a Methodift, and was really invited *“* to dance at a fort of Welfh aflembly, he ** would accompany Mr. Wildgoofe, by his ** leave, to their Society.”” Accordingly, having fitten together till’ near feven o’clock, Mr. Wildgoofe: took Captain Johnfon with him, attended! by his friend ~ Tugwell, to the Tradefman’s houfe; where he found a pretty large congregation aflembled), in an upper room over his warehoufe in the garden. Wildgoofe harangued upon the ufual topics with great pathos; and, as feveral people round had fighed and groaned, and even wept, the Captain found himfelf varioufly affected, fome- times inclined to laugh, at other times to cry :: but what he: found moft contagious were, the tears of a very pretty girl, a Grocer’s daugh- ter,