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Anecdotes and Adventures
of Fifteen Gentlemen
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Picture 4
 

There was a rich Squire of Southwark,
From morning to night did his mouth work,
   So much and so fast,
   That he greatly surpass'd,
Westminster, London and Southwark.

 

 
Picture 5
 

There was an old captain of Dover,
Whom all the physicians gave over;
   At the sound of the drum
   And "The enemy's come"
Up jump'd the bold captain of Dover.

 

 
Picture 6
 

A butcher there was at Athlone,
Whom a beggar once ask'd for a bone;
   But he drove him away
   With a blow of his tray --
O! his heart was as hard as a stone.


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