The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… Skirt, and Pockets within two Inches of the Bottom, as the most proper Fashion for his Business; and for all ’tis so scanty, he makes it serve him for a Cloak , with which it covers abundance of Shame , and a great deal of Knavery . … the dangers and difficulties we have run thro’; at this rate, Wounds who the Devil wou’d be a Soldier? As such sort of Cant he is excellent, and utters himself with as little Hesitation, and as great Grace as a Town-Stallion when he … at these following Qualifications; He can out-flatter a Poet , out-huff a Bully , out-wrangle a Lawyer , out-cant a Puritan , out-cringe a Beau , out-face Truth , and out-lie the Devil . The rest that you see were a kind of …
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