Chapter I

Off goes Tom Gad, while John his lad
Stands holding his nags so handy:
Mary behind, with thoughtfulness kind
Is there with a bottle of brandy.
Master is going—(oh, how they'll be missing him
When he's in London)—and Missus is kissing him!

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10. King of Hanover claims some of the Crown Jewels of England.

"To lose for want of asking is no joke!"
'Twas just like _Ernest_, though _in jest_ he spoke.

20. West Middlesex Assurance bubble burst. Creditors in the suds.

Like coining gold appear'd the plan, when new,
But soon they found their _Mint_ was turn'd to _Rue_.

Short days.

Send prosers to pot,
Who are dry and statistical,
And rather drink egg-hot,
Than be eg-ot-istical.

Tom's journey ended, begins his spree;
Slap into the Bull and Mouth drives he.

Ringing a peal and Ringing a belle
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RINGING A PEAL, AND RINGING A BELLE

_Or, The Pippy Correspondence: a Diary of Love and Inundation._