The Table book; . on food is brimstone and fire,which he licks up as eagerly as a hungrypeasant would a mess of pottage ; he feedson this extraordinary diet before princesand peers, to their infinite satisfaction ; andsuch is his passion for this terrible element,that if he were to come hungry into yonrkitchen, while a sirloin was roasting, hewould eat up the fire, and leave the beef. It is somewhat surprising, that the friendsof real merit have not yet promoted him,living, as we do, in an age favourable tomen of genius : Mr. Johnson has been re-warded with a pension for writing, andMr. Sherid
The Table book; . on food is brimstone and fire,which he licks up as eagerly as a hungrypeasant would a mess of pottage ; he feedson this extraordinary diet before princesand peers, to their infinite satisfaction ; andsuch is his passion for this terrible element,that if he were to come hungry into yonrkitchen, while a sirloin was roasting, hewould eat up the fire, and leave the beef. It is somewhat surprising, that the friendsof real merit have not yet promoted him,living, as we do, in an age favourable tomen of genius : Mr. Johnson has been re-warded with a pension for writing, andMr. Sheridan for speaking well; but , who eats well, has not yet beennoticed by any administration. Obhged towander from place to place, instead oiindulging himself in private with his fa-vourite dish, he is under the uncomfortablenecessity of eating in public, and helpinghimself from the kitchen fire of some paltryalehouse in the country. O tempora ! O mores ! * • Louneers ComuKm Place Book 15S I THE TABLE MAECH FAIR, AT BROUGH, WESTMORELAND. For the Table Book. This fair is held always on the secondThursday in March : it is a good one foreaith:;; and, in consequence of the greatshow, the inhabitants are obliged to shutup their windows; for the catile and thedrivers are stationed in all parts of thetown, aiid few except the jobbers ventureout during the time of selling. From five to six oclock the precedingevening, carts, chiefly belonging to Yorli-sliire clothiers, begin to arrive, and con-tinue coming in until the morning, when,ac about eight or nine, the cattle fair be-gins, and lasts till three in the to any article being sold, thefair is proclaimed in a manner depictedtolerably well in the preceding sketch, j* tten, two individuals, named Matthew Horn and John Deighton, having furnished them-selves with a fiddle and clarinet, walkthruugh the different avenues of the to^^nthree times, playing, as they walk, chiefly God save the King ; . t the e
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