Category: Humour
My Son get Money, said a wiser Man than you or I, honest Reader: That is the Precept; but he went no farther, leaving the Business of _Committee Men_, _Ways and Means_, &c. to the peculiar Turn of Thought, or Biass of Invention of every individual _Money-Getter_. Of all the Me...
Those who have never minded an Accident that once happened to a spruce Mercer on _Ludgate-Hill_, have neglected a Scene of Life that is very entertaining. A genteel young Lady,...
4. Chapter 4A Man who keeps an Half-Crown or Twelve-penny Ordinary, looks not more for Money from his Customers, than a _Footman_ does from every Guest that dines or sups with his Master; a...
1. Chapter 1My Son get Money, said a wiser Man than you or I, honest Reader: That is the Precept; but he went no farther, leaving the Business of _Committee Men_, _Ways and Means_, &c. to t...
2. Chapter 2The Driver of a Hackney-Coach having the Misfortune to break a Leg and an Arm by a Fall from his Box, was rendred incapable of following that Business any longer; and therefore...
5. Chapter 5Sometimes they are really employ'd by the Bailiffs to keep a Look-out upon a Gentleman that is appointed to be unharboured; then they betray their Masters by giving him timely N...