SEVENTY-EIGHT
QUIZZICAL CHARACTERS,

WITH A POETICAL DESCRIPTION;

FOR THE
AMUSEMENT OF CHILDREN.

BY DAME PASTIME.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. SOUTER, AT THE SCHOOL LIBRARY,
73, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;

By Jas.-W. and Chas. Adlard, 23, Bartholomew-Close.

1819.

A HUNCHBACK, quizzical, comical blade,
Full of chatter and news,—a barber by trade.

TWO Queer Customers, going to pop
Into the well-known gossiping-shop.

THREE Old Maids, with wrinkled faces,
Trying to ape the beautiful graces.

FOUR Jolly Farmers selling their hay,
O'er a bowl of punch, on a market-day.

FIVE Politicians, reading aloud
A budget of news to a gaping crowd.

SIX Honest Quakers, in fam'd Mark-lane,
Trying to lower the price of grain.

SEVEN Parish-Officers, at an inn,
Contriving to get a greasy chin.

EIGHT Sons of Harmony, jovial and free,
Singing in parts a catch or a glee.

NINE Young Folks, devoid of care,
Enjoying themselves at a country-fair.

TEN Good Parsons, each with a tithe-pig,
And the old sow follows, dancing a jig.

ELEVEN Grave Justices, hearing the laws
From Councillor Puzzle-cap, pleading a cause.

TWELVE Noisy Parrots, who never are quiet,
But always screaming and making a riot.

FINIS.

Yale LWT

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