A Description of a City Shower (1711) [ Places ]
… Here various kinds by various fortunes led, Commence acquaintance underneath a shed. Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds and join to save their wigs. Boxed in a chair the beau impatient sits, While spouts run … sprats, all drenched in mud, Dead cats and turnip tops come tumbling down the flood. … Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds and join to save their wigs. … Streets … Jonathan Swift, "A Description of a City Shower", …
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