Here the ribs of a thousand pounds beating against the Needles—
those dangerous rocks, credulity here floated, to and fro, silks, stuffs, camlets,
and velvet, without giving place to each other, according to their dignity; here
rolled so many pipes of canary, whose bungholes lying open, were so damaged
that the merchant may go hoop for his money," A less picturesque, but more
truthful, and, therefore, more melancholy description of the same scene, is
furnished by the shrewd and satirical Ned Ward, who informs us, in the
"Delectable History of Whittington's College," that "When the prisoners are
disposed to recreate themselves with walking, they go up into a spacious room,
called the Stone Hall; where, when you see them taking a turn together, it would
puzzle one to know which is the gentleman, which the mechanic, and which the
beggar, for they are all suited in the same garb of squalid poverty, making a
spectacle of more pity than executions; only to be out at the elbows is in fashion
here, and a great indecorum not to be threadbare. “We will try and make you happy, my dear, so that you
may learn that lovemaking is perhaps a little more than
your idea of a woman’s duty. Was the situation so
desperate that he could not pack his best things?
She had packed lightly, not wanting to weigh down the
carriage they would travel in. “John,” she said, “I am afraid that I am going to make you unhappy. “Not a bit. Her father
intercepted her, and for a moment she and he struggled with their hands upon the
latch. "
"Beat out their brains, you mean," rejoined Blueskin with a tremendous
imprecation; "no half measures now, Master. “Nigel, Nigel,” she cried. “I hope that whatever your plans may be, you will give me the
opportunity of seeing something of you now and then.
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