The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… Bumpkin Translated from the Plough-Tail to the Play-House, when it Rains-Fire in the Tempest , or when Don John’s at Dinner with the Subteranean Assembly of terrible Hobgoblins . He that got the start, and first approach’d us, of … difficulty being at last agreed on, we proceeded to a Whet of Old Hock , to sharpen our Appetites to our approaching Dinner. Tho’, I confess (as to my own part) my Stomach was as keen already as a Grey-Hounds to his Supper after a Days … 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 Cheshire Cheese , of a Groaning Size, of which we devour’d more in three Minutes, than a Million of …
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