The Table book; . ) hadtheir foreheads turned up and stiffenedwith spittle : they were to stand mannerlyforsooth thus, the foretop ordered as before,with one hand at the bandstring, and theother behind. gentlewomen had prodigious fans,as is to be seen in old pictures, like that in-strument which is used to drive feathers,and it had a handle at least haflf a yardlong; with these the daughters were often-times corrected, (sir Edward Coke, lordchief justice, rode the circuit with such afan; sir William Dugdale told me he wasan eye-witness of it. The earl of Man-chester also used such a f
The Table book; . ) hadtheir foreheads turned up and stiffenedwith spittle : they were to stand mannerlyforsooth thus, the foretop ordered as before,with one hand at the bandstring, and theother behind. gentlewomen had prodigious fans,as is to be seen in old pictures, like that in-strument which is used to drive feathers,and it had a handle at least haflf a yardlong; with these the daughters were often-times corrected, (sir Edward Coke, lordchief justice, rode the circuit with such afan; sir William Dugdale told me he wasan eye-witness of it. The earl of Man-chester also used such a fan,) but fathersand mothers slashed their daughters in thetime of their besom discipline, when they,were perfect women. University Flogging. At Oxford (and I believe at Cambridge;the rod was frequently used by the tutorsand deans; and Dr. Potter, of Trinity col-lege, I knew right well, whipped his pupilwith his sword by his side, when he cameto take his leave of hi no. to go to Ile ians otcourtj im THE TABLE YOUNa LAMBS TO SELL. Young Iambs to sell! young lambs to sell IIf Id as much money as I could tell,Id not come here with lambs to sell IDolly and Molly, Richard and Nell,Buy my young lambs, and ILL use you well 1 This is a London cry at the presenttime: the engraving represents the crier,William Listen, from a drawing for whichhe purposely stood. This public character was born in theGallowgate in the city of Glasgow. Hebecame a soldier in the waggon-train,commanded by colonel Hamilton, andserved under the duke of York in Holland,where, on the 6th of October, 1799, he losthis right arm and left leg, and his place inthe army. His misfortunes thrust distinc-tion upon him. From having been a pri-vate in the ranks, where he would have re- mained a single undistinguishable cipher 0,amongst a row of ciphers 0 00000000he now makes a figure in the world ; and isperhaps better known throughout Englandthan any other individual of his order insociety, for he has visited almost e
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