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" To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what... "
The Dunciad, in four books - Page 131
by Alexander Pope - 1770
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Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence for Thirty Years; from 1704 to 1734 ...

Alexander Pope - 1735 - 468 pages
...had a fpecimen of it. To eat fVeJtphalia-ffam in a morning, ride over hedges and ditches on borrow'd Hacks, come home in the heat of the day with a fever,...from an uneafy hat ; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for ppx-hunters, and bear abundanceof ruddycomplexion'd children, As foonasthey...
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Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711

Alexander Pope - 1735 - 238 pages
...morning, ride over hedges and ditches on borrow'd Hacks} come home in the heat of the day with a feaver, and (what is worfe a, hundred times) with a red mark...forehead from an uneafy hat; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for Foxhuncers, and bear abundance of ruddycomplexion'd children. As fooa as they...
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Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to ...

Alexander Pope - 1735 - 490 pages
...morning, ride over hedges and ditches on borrow'd Hacks> come home in the heat of the day with ยป feaver,. and (what is worfe a hundred times) with a red mark in the forehead from an uneaty hat; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for Fpxhunters, and bear abundance of...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 6

Alexander Pope - 1737 - 286 pages
...morning, ride over hedges and ditches on borrow'd hacks, come hcme in the heat of the day with a feaver, and (what is worfe a hundred times) with a red mark...from an uneafy hat ; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox hunters, and bear abundance of ruddy- complexion'd children. As foon as...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...had a Specimen of it. To tztff/e/fphalia-Ha.mln a Morning, ride over Hedges aud Ditches on borrow'd Hacks, come home in the Heat of the Day with a Fever,...from an uneafy Hat ; all this may qualify them to make excellent Wivesfor Fox-Hunters, and bear Abundace of ruddy complexion'd Children. As . foon as...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...eatlFe/lphalia-Hamin a Morning, ride over Hedges aud Ditches onborrow'd Hacks, come home in the Heat of the JDay with a Fever, and, ("what is worfe a hundred Times)...'from an uneafy Hat ; ' all this may qualify them, to make excellent Wives for Fox-Hunters, and bear Abundace of ruddy complexion 'd Children. As foon as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 7

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 310 pages
...harbouring Papifts) and gave me a dinner, with fomething I liked better, an opportunity of converfation with Mrs. H*. We all agreed that the life of a Maid...times) with a red mark in the forehead from an uneafy batj all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddy...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Letters

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 304 pages
...H*. We all agreed that the life of a Maid of honour was of all things the moft miferable : and wim'd that every woman who envy'd it, had a fpecimen of...from an uneafy hat ; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddy complexion'd children. As foon as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 306 pages
...a Maid of honour was of all things die moft miserable : and wifh'd that every woman who envy'd itT had a fpecimen of it. To eat Weftphalia-ham in a morning,...forehead from an uneafy hat; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddy complexion'd children. As foon as...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 366 pages
...harbouring Papifts) and gave me a dinner, with fomething I liked better, an opportunity of converfation with Mrs. H*. We all agreed that the life of a Maid...from an uneafy hat ; all this may qualify them to make excellent wives for fox-hunters, and bear abundance of ruddy complexion'd children. As foon as...
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