This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... and such as one might name in the present Age, with how much Spleen must a Man needs reflect upon the awkard Gayety of those who affect the Frolick with an ill Grace? I have a Letter from a Correspondent of mine, who desires me to admonish all loud, mischievous, airy, dull Companions, that they are ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... and such as one might name in the present Age, with how much Spleen must a Man needs reflect upon the awkard Gayety of those who affect the Frolick with an ill Grace? I have a Letter from a Correspondent of mine, who desires me to admonish all loud, mischievous, airy, dull Companions, that they are mistaken in what they call a Frolick, Irregularity in it self is not what creates Pleasure and Mirth but to see a Man who knows what Rule and Decency are, descend from them agreeably in our Company, is what denominates him a pleasant Companion Instead of that, you find many whose Mirth consists only in doing things which do not become them, with a secret Consciousness that all the World know they know better? To this is always added something mis' chievous to themselves or others I have heard of some very merry Fellows, among whom the Frolick was started, and passed by a great Majority, that every Man should immediately draw a Tooth? after which they have gone in a Body and smoked a Cobler The same Company, at another Night, has each Man burned his Cravat? and one perhaps, whose Estate would bear it, has thrown a long Wigg and laced Hat into the same Fire Thus they have jested themselves stark naked, and ran into the Streets, and frighted Women very successfully There is no Inhabitant of any standing No, 358, standing in Covent'Garden, but can tell you a hundred Monday, g00Cj Humours, where People have come off with little ffiZ Bloodshed, and yet scowred all the witty Hours of the Night I know a Gentleman that has several Wounds in the Head by WatchPoles, and has been thrice run through the Body to carry on a good Jests He is very old for a Man of so much good Humour? but to this Day he is seldom merryf but he has Occasion to be valiant at the...
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