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have read Johnny Grilpin V f I have , Mr . Bull / ' Well that ham is from a pig bred from the one his horse ran over at Edmonton * — ' Hah ? ' 6 Yes , sir , my grandfather bought the whole farrow , sow and all ; and they and their children have been in our family ever since . ' Oh , sacred pork ! oh
John-Bull-honoured pig ! * Well , Mr . John Bull , you have laid me under eternal obligations—this is kindness , sir . ' * Sir , I am glad you like it . ' ' Nothing , Mr . John Bull ^ can exhibit your ? ( I have emphasized the your , be you very gentle in doing it)— ' nothing can exhibit your taste and judgment more decidedly ; I am sure I am fortunate , rendered happy by this day . Pray , sir , if I dared tax your liberality to such a degree , may I—you could not , could you ,
sir ?'—* What ? ' he responds— anything that is in my power , 'you see he melts . < I shall be happy to oblige such a gentleman as you always , sir . ' * Why , sir , you are very kind ; may I venture to ask , can you permit me to carry from your hospitable mansion
some token , some memento of the owner ' s liberality and taste ? It may be I am asking too much , but pardon the desires which yourself have , created . Can you spare me a few of the bristles from that pig , if they are not all gone , and a paring from the horn or hoof of that ox V c Certainly , I shall have very great pleasure , but we'll have our dessert and wine first : you may rely on me ; and , Wilkins , ' ( aloud , ) « where is the old 1805 , that I ordered you to bring up ? come , let us have it . ' ( Yes , sir , yes / says Wilkins , and exit . There— -well done , well done : keep it up thus , and the best
in the house , garden , or cellar is at your command ; the first peach , strawberry ^ or pine from the hot-house that season , is gathered for your welcome ; he entreats , he presses all on you , becomes joyous , free , hearty , communicative , the bristles and hoof-paring have vanquished his dignity . Then comes the lively interchange of thought . He withholds nothing ; now will he show you his secret , most mysterious and sacred treasures . There is one in that or-molu and rose-wood cabinet which he , speechless , unlocks ; from it he draws a small case , it is something exquisitely precious—open—so : within it , bandaged and rebandaged , folded
and refolded is the precious—he lays it under your dilated eyes . Now , sir , what do you think of that ? ' Why , you think it is a bit of dried mud , or particles of sand and earth mingled . After a pause of minute inspection , i I cannot guess , Mr . Bull . ' c Well , sir , I will tell you : that is a bit of the identical spot of ground on which Dennis Collins planted his wooden leg , when he threw a stone at his Majesty , at Ascot races ! ' * No—o—o—o V you exclaim , ' can it be possible V ' True , sir , the very same , sir , I gave the constable that captured him three guineas for it ; and here is a certificate of the truth , sworn to , on oath , sir , in the presence of two of my brother magistrates ! ' Oh , for one single grain of that sacred sand ! Mr . John Bull , you , indeed , are a man—if—how I envy you the possession of that precious trea-
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JohnBull , Esquire , of WheedU-Hall . 713
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1833, page 713, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2624/page/53/
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