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Preston, Lancashire, England

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Poetry

... fuel, Mr. Playfair won t catch me at hazard or whist, 'Mr. Coward was winged in a duel. Mr. Wise is a daunce, Mr. King is a whig, Mr. Coffin's uncommonly sprightly, -And huge Mr. Little broke down isna gig, While driving fat Mr. Golightly. Mrs. Drinkwater's ...

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... bed, *he doctor bent over the refractory man and whispered in lis ear: Need I remind you that Russell is in ohlice, and a whig will be your successor to the bishopric ? Fetch the brandy, doctor I cried the bishop; I'll drink a quart if necessary ...

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... lasfau position. Ties KrT-C0T CLrU.-Thle Kit-Cat Club, which con- sisted of the moat distingaised wits and statesmen among the Whigs, woe remarkable for the strictest zeal towards the House of Hanover. They met at a house in .Shire-lane, and took their title ...

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... was oiis'.rvcid to give vent to his on aI pleasnrable feelings by ?? his hI mds at tig end guf at 22 Gli of the pieces. A 'an whig sit near him, and who was migh' taking notes of the proceedings, saig, H uesh I I think Vcagel yould clap if a donicy ws to ...

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... Lamb, Lord Melbourne's brother, and was a con- clhi slant meeting place of his with Lord Holland and other arc members of the Whig party. S ,ir Charles Barry became by a=feqent gest there, and seeing the walls beginning to sut cruble gve ts ?? Agustuis Clifford ...