. Gallery of comicalities : . s holding parley. Or rather chaffing with a Charley— Who, Tom and Jerry deeds reproving, Cries, Gentlemen, push on ! keep moving ! Ever prepard to spring his rattle— The truihpet of the watchmans battle. See Mentor, bent on mischief, smirking. On Pugs excited feelings working. Why does that Charley make a gentlemen like us,Thinking to carry all before him—Tip it him on the nob, and floor him !Two or three wellplacd blows, no doubt,Will serve the saucy rascal out ;And never fear that he can whack ye —Why, damme, ant I here to back ye — ?Watchmen, we
. Gallery of comicalities : . s holding parley. Or rather chaffing with a Charley— Who, Tom and Jerry deeds reproving, Cries, Gentlemen, push on ! keep moving ! Ever prepard to spring his rattle— The truihpet of the watchmans battle. See Mentor, bent on mischief, smirking. On Pugs excited feelings working. Why does that Charley make a gentlemen like us,Thinking to carry all before him—Tip it him on the nob, and floor him !Two or three wellplacd blows, no doubt,Will serve the saucy rascal out ;And never fear that he can whack ye —Why, damme, ant I here to back ye — ?Watchmen, we know, are oft loquacious,And Pugs, by nature, are as our Pug begins the fray,His backing friend will sneak away, Leaving him, as the safest fight his battle as he ills on luckless Pug await:Black eyes, bruisd body, broken pate—And, cursing his unlucky plight,Consignd to Watchhouse for the night ! 141 2 o GALLERY OF CXXXVIIL M O N K E Y A N A. A 1 a l«LLMA^-^i>. THE GAMBLERS PROGRESS—STEP THE FOURTH. O, for a Fogos Muse to sing The glories of the Boxing Ring— Where Peer and Prig, and Sweep and Swell, Mix in the motley group pell-mell : A scene of frolic, row, and danger, Where honesty is ofi a stranger ; For doubtful are the chances now Of triumph to the best mans brow. With equal grief and shame we tell it, Tis How much do ye ax to sell it ? O, for the fighting days of old, When men were neither bought nor sold ; When victory was the aim alone, And fighting crosses all unknown. Amid the rabble monkey crew, See Pug, our hero, full in view — His brain with bruising science stored. Up to each move upon the board ; How fluently he prates of flooring,Tapping the claret, fibbing, boring— Of Chancery-suits and body-battering. Ogles sewd up, and ivories chattering. Eager to bet—a Sharper now Has got our hopeful Sprig in tow— Though Mentor, to his pupil true, Hints pretty plainly its a do. Ill book my man to
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