The Scourge : or, Monthly expositor of imposture and folly . T) &u, yVcur _ JWe. w«%. a/ttht- Yforid, to 4t«t etc effects cfHaai^i OCcC SiMtvin. U rent jfam. lier/u,dtos u*uu*.KIjeace, cstattosh-ment tk*n IHost- ™kak, )vuiMviA ufi. ttu. tatt, frtm sAat SinI Ccnyiaxe. mc nJh. ™kat 5am. rn^ luitis £ sccuuehi JOHN BuiAlS Jkree Slaves or, FROM GOOD TO BAD & FROM BAD TO WOR$% THE SCOURGE. MARCH % 1815. JOHN BULLS THREE STAGES. Mr. Editor,Tradition informs us that the time was when JohnBull, a gentleman at present of a lean and spare habit,was protuberant abou
The Scourge : or, Monthly expositor of imposture and folly . T) &u, yVcur _ JWe. w«%. a/ttht- Yforid, to 4t«t etc effects cfHaai^i OCcC SiMtvin. U rent jfam. lier/u,dtos u*uu*.KIjeace, cstattosh-ment tk*n IHost- ™kak, )vuiMviA ufi. ttu. tatt, frtm sAat SinI Ccnyiaxe. mc nJh. ™kat 5am. rn^ luitis £ sccuuehi JOHN BuiAlS Jkree Slaves or, FROM GOOD TO BAD & FROM BAD TO WOR$% THE SCOURGE. MARCH % 1815. JOHN BULLS THREE STAGES. Mr. Editor,Tradition informs us that the time was when JohnBull, a gentleman at present of a lean and spare habit,was protuberant about the waistcoat, and sturdy aboutthe limbs, that he boasted a hearty constitution, and aTuddy smiling countenance, such a one in short as good•old home-brewed never failed to impart, and content andexercise to cherish ; now being anxious to learn thetruth of these traditory tales of former plethora, whichwas only to be ascertained by a rigid inquiry into thewritten records of these oral fictions, as I have hithertoconsidered them, I find that it was absolutely the case,that our friend John at one time measured from two anda half to three and a half yards round the waist, that hewas an ell in circumference at the knee, and that hisnight-cap of that day would fit him for a present breeches! Have mercy on me! How is our venera
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