The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… fell to; and Efaith I found by their Eating, they were no ways affronted at their Fare; for in less time than an Old Woman can crack a Nut , we had not left enough to Dine the Bar-Boy . The Conclusion of our Dinner was a Stately … does like a Good Christian . He is constant to no sort of Dress, but changes his Cloaths as often as a Whimsical Woman does her Mind ; and, States-man like, always suits his Apparrel to his Project: Being a rare Tongue-Pad, and … in order for Bed, he is immediately seiz’d with such a violent Fit of the Gout , that he Roars like a Tower-Lyon at a Woman going with a Male-Child . If he is not up just as the Clock strikes Five in the Morning, he thinks himself …
Taverns | Dining
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