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Carnaby The First.
reverse Avith the rampant lion of the Honourable Leadenhall-Street Company . 3 . Ignatius Loyola . Ignatius is a Spaniard , born of Maltese parents , Avith a complexion the colour of the inside of a boot , and one leg . His standing is consequently decisive and peculiarand being a large man with a small headhe looks exactl
, , y like a puncheon with a cannon-ball on its top . He is rolled round in fifteen yards of Avhite muslin , " spotted Avith straAvberries , " like Desdemona ' s handkerchief ; and he Avears on his single leg ( his Avooden leg being of plain mahogany ) a hessian boot , highly polished , with a pearl the shape and size of a pear for a tassel . Altogether the appearance of Ignatius Loyola is
singularly imposing and irregular ; and suspended over his shoulder he boasts a broad morocco belt , with a cabbage pouch of the finest but stiffest iron Avire . In his mouth is a soft reed of about two yards long , for a cigar , from which , Avhen he inhales , is taken in a quantity of green smoke , that Avhen he
shuts his lips to , passes off through his nostrils , like the steam from the safety-A > -arve of a locomotive . On the other side , behold , dear reader , three other items of this little travelling community . Imprimis . Bob Huckaback , M . R . C . S ., S . T . C ., & c , Member of the Royal Asiatic Society , Superintendent and Peculiar to
the Durbar of Hooghly-Parahmattah , Chief Confidant of the Council of Constance , and Arch-Ejector of the Fum-Hoam , and Tdplitz divisional contraband administratrixxes . Secondly . Pierce Plowman , Esq ., a native of Cumberland , in Great Britain , travelling for the benefit of his coimtry , which has expressed itselfthrough the mouth of one of the circuit
, judges , most desirous of his absence for seven years . Pierce wears the mark of Cain in his forehead , Avhich he successfully conceals by a magnificent curly- 'wig , shining with oil from the plain of Pe-Queue in Persia , and built , after the most approved designs , by Truefit , of the Burlington Arcade , in the district of Piccadilly , England .
Thirdly . Luke de Linlithgow , a Gascon architect of extraordinary promise . Linlithgow hath in his possession a portfolio of blue glass , with three clasps of cork , in Avhich he carries a design for a royal palace . A distinguished projector , he has secured an excellent subsistence for five years out of this unaccomplished desi and he is now travelling for the
gn ; purpose of the discovery of some heathen prince smitten Avith a passion at once for magnificence and building . He proposes to place this prince's whole revenues under contribution for the space of at least three years , for the purpose of raising this unheard-of royal
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Carnaby The First.
reverse Avith the rampant lion of the Honourable Leadenhall-Street Company . 3 . Ignatius Loyola . Ignatius is a Spaniard , born of Maltese parents , Avith a complexion the colour of the inside of a boot , and one leg . His standing is consequently decisive and peculiarand being a large man with a small headhe looks exactl
, , y like a puncheon with a cannon-ball on its top . He is rolled round in fifteen yards of Avhite muslin , " spotted Avith straAvberries , " like Desdemona ' s handkerchief ; and he Avears on his single leg ( his Avooden leg being of plain mahogany ) a hessian boot , highly polished , with a pearl the shape and size of a pear for a tassel . Altogether the appearance of Ignatius Loyola is
singularly imposing and irregular ; and suspended over his shoulder he boasts a broad morocco belt , with a cabbage pouch of the finest but stiffest iron Avire . In his mouth is a soft reed of about two yards long , for a cigar , from which , Avhen he inhales , is taken in a quantity of green smoke , that Avhen he
shuts his lips to , passes off through his nostrils , like the steam from the safety-A > -arve of a locomotive . On the other side , behold , dear reader , three other items of this little travelling community . Imprimis . Bob Huckaback , M . R . C . S ., S . T . C ., & c , Member of the Royal Asiatic Society , Superintendent and Peculiar to
the Durbar of Hooghly-Parahmattah , Chief Confidant of the Council of Constance , and Arch-Ejector of the Fum-Hoam , and Tdplitz divisional contraband administratrixxes . Secondly . Pierce Plowman , Esq ., a native of Cumberland , in Great Britain , travelling for the benefit of his coimtry , which has expressed itselfthrough the mouth of one of the circuit
, judges , most desirous of his absence for seven years . Pierce wears the mark of Cain in his forehead , Avhich he successfully conceals by a magnificent curly- 'wig , shining with oil from the plain of Pe-Queue in Persia , and built , after the most approved designs , by Truefit , of the Burlington Arcade , in the district of Piccadilly , England .
Thirdly . Luke de Linlithgow , a Gascon architect of extraordinary promise . Linlithgow hath in his possession a portfolio of blue glass , with three clasps of cork , in Avhich he carries a design for a royal palace . A distinguished projector , he has secured an excellent subsistence for five years out of this unaccomplished desi and he is now travelling for the
gn ; purpose of the discovery of some heathen prince smitten Avith a passion at once for magnificence and building . He proposes to place this prince's whole revenues under contribution for the space of at least three years , for the purpose of raising this unheard-of royal