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“I will have your true reason. Here the ribs of a thousand pounds beating against the Needles— those dangerous rocks, credulity here floated, to and fro, silks, stuffs, camlets, and velvet, without giving place to each other, according to their dignity; here rolled so many pipes of canary, whose bungholes lying open, were so damaged that the merchant may go hoop for his money," A less picturesque, but more truthful, and, therefore, more melancholy description of the same scene, is furnished by the shrewd and satirical Ned Ward, who informs us, in the "Delectable History of Whittington's College," that "When the prisoners are disposed to recreate themselves with walking, they go up into a spacious room, called the Stone Hall; where, when you see them taking a turn together, it would puzzle one to know which is the gentleman, which the mechanic, and which the beggar, for they are all suited in the same garb of squalid poverty, making a spectacle of more pity than executions; only to be out at the elbows is in fashion here, and a great indecorum not to be threadbare. He made Hong-Kong at dusk: wet, hungry, and a bit groggy for the want of sleep; but he was in no wise discouraged. You informed Sir Rowland that Thames Darrell was returned?" "Exactly so," replied Quilt, "and he instantly decided upon returning to London with me. "Who is it, Bess?" "How should I know?" replied Edgeworth Bess. ‘Yes, a very sad story,’ agreed the major. ’ She stopped, her lips tightening. " "Well, imagination beats me!" "It's something Ruth saw. You won’t want to be late the first evening, and it’s ten minutes past seven now. With his gimblet he contrived to bore a number of holes so close together that at last one end of the bar, being completely pierced through, yielded; and pursuing the same with the other extremity, it fell out altogether. I cannot explain beyond that. No offence, I hope. S.
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