. Thackerayana;. custom by keeping his word, or said a witty thing, or did a gene-rous one, we will freely own they tell us some news, and will thankthem for our pleasure and our surprise. It is with concern, I see, that even the privacies of the poorladies cannot escape the eyes of these public searchers. Howmany great ladies do they bring to bed every day of their lives ?for poor madam no sooner begins to make faces, and utter theleast groan, but instantly an author stands with his pen in histeeth, ready to hold her back, and to tell the town whether thebaby is boy or girl, before the midwif
. Thackerayana;. custom by keeping his word, or said a witty thing, or did a gene-rous one, we will freely own they tell us some news, and will thankthem for our pleasure and our surprise. It is with concern, I see, that even the privacies of the poorladies cannot escape the eyes of these public searchers. Howmany great ladies do they bring to bed every day of their lives ?for poor madam no sooner begins to make faces, and utter theleast groan, but instantly an author stands with his pen in histeeth, ready to hold her back, and to tell the town whether thebaby is boy or girl, before the midwife has pulled off her spec-tacles, and described its THE HUMOURIST: 301 Of a Country Entertainment. 11 am led by the regard which I bear to the ladies and theChristmas holidays to divert my readers with the history of anentertainment, where I made one at the house of a countrysquire. 1 When I went in I found the dining-room full of ladies, towhom I made a profound bow, and was repaid by a whole circleof cur
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