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Page 270 - Tall ESSEX WOMAN, that had the Honour to shew herself before their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Rest of the Royal Family, last Bartholomew Fair, with great applause.
Page xv - Barbarian and infernal, a phantasma Monstrous in colour, motion, shape, sight, sound ! Below, the open space, through every nook Of the wide area, twinkles, is alive With heads ; the midway region, and above, Is thronged with staring pictures and huge scrolls, Dumb proclamations of the Prodigies ; And
Page 338 - as much as nature's friend became : Her voice, as free from blemish as her fame. Who knows so well in majesty to please, Attemper'd with the graceful charms of ease ? That praise was written six-and-twenty years after the first real discovery of her genius made at Bartholomew Fair, when it was very creditable in
Page xvi - With those that stretch the neck and strain the eyes And crack the voice in rivalship, the crowd Inviting ; with buffoons against buffoons Grimacing, writhing, screaming,—him who grinds The hurdy-gurdy, at the fiddle weaves, Rattles the salt-box, thumps the kettledrum,
Page 188 - And for twopence a rare piece of art ; And a penny a can, I dare swear a man For a penny you may zee a fine puppet play, May put zix of 'em into a quart. Their zights are so rich, is able to bewitch The heart of a very fine man-a ; Here's patient
Page 134 - Yes, stale bread, rotten eggs, musty ginger, and dead honey, you know."—" I defy thee, and thy stable of hobby-horses. I pay for my ground as well as thou dost. Buy any gingerbread, gilt gingerbread ! Will your worship buy any gingerbread, very good bread, comfortable bread?" The cries of the Fair multiply, " Buy any ballads ! new ballads! Hey?
Page 135 - A delicate show-pig, little mistress, with shweet sauce, and crackling, like de bay-leaf i' de fire, la ! Tou shalt ha' the clean side o' the table-clot, and di glass vash'd with phatersh of Dame Annesh Cleare." (A favourite well near Hoxton, that of Agnes le Clare.)
Page 286 - near the Royal Exchange, 1701, are entitled A WALK TO SMITHFIELD, or a TRUE DESCRIPTION OF THE HUMOURS OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR, with the very comical Intrigues and Frolics that are acted in every particular Booth in the Fair, by persons of all ages and sexes, from the Court Gallant to the Country Clown.
Page 187 - In fifty-five may I never thrive, If I tell you any more than is true, To London che came, hearing of the fame Of a Fair they call Bartholomew. In houses of boards, men walk upon cords, As easy as squirrels crack filberds ; But the cut-purses they do bite, and rob away ; But those we suppose to be ill-birds.
Page 116 - parcel of live rabbits are turned loose among the crowd, which are pursued by a number of boys, who endeavour to catch them, with all the noise they can make. While we were at "this show, one of our company, Tobias Salander, Doctor of Physic, had his pocket picked of