. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Figu ing in the Album of Mont Blanc. 444. No Bankrupt though I Breaks. A HORSE DEALER* IS a double dealer, for he dealeth more in double meanings thanyour fiunster. When he giveth his word it signifif ih little, how-bcit it standeth for two significations. He putteth his promises likebis colts, in a break. Over his mouth Truth, like the turnpil<e-man,writeth up No Trust. Whenever he speaketh, his spoke hath m^ieturns than the fore-wheel. He ttlkth lies, not white only, or black,but likewise grey, bay, chestnut, brown, cream, and roan, p
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Figu ing in the Album of Mont Blanc. 444. No Bankrupt though I Breaks. A HORSE DEALER* IS a double dealer, for he dealeth more in double meanings thanyour fiunster. When he giveth his word it signifif ih little, how-bcit it standeth for two significations. He putteth his promises likebis colts, in a break. Over his mouth Truth, like the turnpil<e-man,writeth up No Trust. Whenever he speaketh, his spoke hath m^ieturns than the fore-wheel. He ttlkth lies, not white only, or black,but likewise grey, bay, chestnut, brown, cream, and roan, piebald He sweareth as many oaths out of court as any man. andmore in ; for he will swear two ways about a horses dam. If, byGods , he be something honest, it is only a dapple, for he can and unfair at once. He hath much imagination, for he selleth acomplete set of capital harness, of which there be no traces. Headvertiseth a coach, warranted on its first wheels, and truly the hindyiair are wanting to the bargain. A carriage that hath travelledtwenty summers and wi
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