The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… than so many Lutes to a Drum , or Ladies Farts to a Peal of Ordnance , which alarm’d Two or Three nimble heeld Fellows aloft, who shot themselves down Stairs with as much Celerity as a Mountebanks Mercury upon a Rope from the … ascended the Stair-Head before us, and from thence conducted us to a spacious Room, where about a dozen of my School-fellows Acquaintance were ready to receive us: Upon our Entrance they all started up, and on a suddain screw’d themselves … Education from their Cradles, under some skilful Matron in Iniquity, have made them pleasant Companions , taking Bedfellows , expert Jilts , incorrigible Sinners , and good managers of a bad Design : Who had Whores to their …
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