. Whims and oddities : in prose and verse. r his dues. The nextwas a motley crew. For nuptial ode or Carmen, therewalked two carters, or draymen, with their whips; a leashof footmen in livery indicated Domestic Habits! andDomestic Comfort was personated by an ambulating ad-vertiser of Hot Dinners every day. I forget whether the Brides Character preceded or fol-lowed her—but it was a lottery placard, and blazonedher as One of Ten Thousand. The parents of both familieshad a quiet smile on their faces, hinting that their enjoy-ment was of a retrospective cast; and as for the six sistersof the bri
. Whims and oddities : in prose and verse. r his dues. The nextwas a motley crew. For nuptial ode or Carmen, therewalked two carters, or draymen, with their whips; a leashof footmen in livery indicated Domestic Habits! andDomestic Comfort was personated by an ambulating ad-vertiser of Hot Dinners every day. I forget whether the Brides Character preceded or fol-lowed her—but it was a lottery placard, and blazonedher as One of Ten Thousand. The parents of both familieshad a quiet smile on their faces, hinting that their enjoy-ment was of a retrospective cast; and as for the six sistersof the bride, they would have wept with her, but that sixyoung gallants came after them. The friends of the familywere Quakers, and seemed to partake of the happiness A MARRIAGE PROCESSION. 383 of the occasion in a very quiet and quaker-like way. Iought to mention that a band of harmonious sweet musicpreceded the Happy Pair. There was none came after—the veteran, Townsend, with his constables, to keep order,making up the rear of the THE MAN IN THE HONEYMOON. 384
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