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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BALLAD OF BEAU BROCADE. Hark I hear the sound of coaches Beggar's Opera. CEVENTEEN hundred and thirty-nine: ? That was the date of this tale of mine. First great George was buried and gone; George the Second was plodding on. London then, as the Guides'' aver, Shared its glories with Westminster; And people of rank, to correct their tone, Went out of town to Marybone. Those were the days of the War with Spain, Porto-bello would soon be ta'en; Whitefield preached to the colliers grim, Bishops in lawn sleeves preached at him; Walpole talked of a man and his price; Nobody's virtue was over-nice: ? Those, in fine, were the brave days when Coaches were stopped by ... Highwaymen I And of all the knights of the gentle trade Nobody bolder than Beau Brocade. This they knew on the whole way down; Best, ? maybe, ?at the Oak and. Crown. (For timorous cits on their pilgrimage Would club for a Guard to ride the stage; And the Guard that rode on more than one Was the Host of this hostel's sister's son.) Open we here on a March-day fine, Under the oak with the hanging sign. There was Barber Dick with his basin by; Cobbler Joe with the patch on his eye; Portly product of Beef and Beer, John the host, he was standing near. Straining and creaking, with wheels awry, Lumbering came the Plymouth Fly; ? Lumbering up from Bagshot Heath, Guard in the basket armed to the teeth; Passengers heavily armed inside; Not the less surely the coach had been tried I Tried ? but a couple of miles away, By a well-dressed man I ? in the open day Tried successfully, never a doubt, ? Pockets of passengers all turned out Cloak-bags rifled, and cushions ripped, ? Even an Ensign's wa...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217825788 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217825788 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 162 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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