. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Ignis Fatuus. soon caused the breaking out of an Insurnction in Grease, and wherecandles had hitherto been lighted only by Retail, they were now ignitedby Wholesale ; or, as my landlady said—All the fat was in the fire !I ventured to ask her, when all was over, what she thought of thelightiui^-up, and she gave me her 0|>inion in the following sentiment,in the prayer of which I most heartily concur. Illuminations, shesaid, were very pretty things to look at, and no doubt new Kingsought to be illuminated ; but what with the toil, and what
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Ignis Fatuus. soon caused the breaking out of an Insurnction in Grease, and wherecandles had hitherto been lighted only by Retail, they were now ignitedby Wholesale ; or, as my landlady said—All the fat was in the fire !I ventured to ask her, when all was over, what she thought of thelightiui^-up, and she gave me her 0|>inion in the following sentiment,in the prayer of which I most heartily concur. Illuminations, shesaid, were very pretty things to look at, and no doubt new Kingsought to be illuminated ; but what with the toil, and what with theoil, and what with the grease, and what with the mob, she hoped itwould be long, very long before we had a new King again ! * 453. Four Inside. CONVE YANCING* Oh, London is the place for all In love with loco-motion !Still to and fro the people go Like billows of the ocean ;Machine or man, or caravan, Can all be had for paying,When great estates, or heavy weights, Or bodies want conveying. Theres always hacks about in packs, Wherein you may be Jarvis is not aiwa\ s drunk. Though al\va\s overtaken;In racing tricks hell never mix, His nags are in their last days,And slow to go, although they show As if they had their^j/ days I Then if you like a single horse, This age is quite a cab-age,A car not quite so small and light As those of our Queen Mab age ;The horses have been broken well. All danger is rescinded,For some have broken both their knets^ And some are broken-winded. * Comic Annual, 1830. (54 CONVEYANCING. If youve a friend at Chelsea end, The stages are vvorth knowing ;There is a sort, we en 11 em short, Although the longest going—For some will stop at Hatchetts shop Till you grow feint and sic
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