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Sir John | Sir John Fielding to Doctor Bernard [underlined in dashes] | ||
Sir John! I'm | Sir John! I'm inform'd, and with much truth I fear, | ||
Tho numbers of felons are hang | Tho numbers of felons are hang'd every year; | ||
That you can destroy the whole breed when you will; | That you can destroy the whole breed when you will; | ||
But oh! shame! for the profit you suffer them | But oh! shame! for the profit you suffer them still; | ||
That you deal by them first as the | That you deal by them first as the Poulterers do | ||
When properly paid kill a couple or two. | When properly paid kill a couple or two. | ||
Dear Doctor don't grieve at the nominal evil | |||
Let me ask you one Question? would you kill the | Let me ask you one Question? would you kill the Devil? | ||
[a line of dashes] | [a line of dashes] | ||
Riddle | Riddle | ||
Form | Form'd long ago, but made today | ||
I'm mostly us | I'm mostly us'd when others sleep | ||
What few woud choose to give away | What few woud choose to give away | ||
What fewer still woud wish to keep. | What fewer still woud wish to keep. | ||
a Bed [smaller print and underlined] | a Bed [smaller print and underlined] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:41, 10 July 2017
Sir John Fielding to Doctor Bernard [underlined in dashes] Sir John! I'm inform'd, and with much truth I fear, Tho numbers of felons are hang'd every year; That you can destroy the whole breed when you will; But oh! shame! for the profit you suffer them still; That you deal by them first as the Poulterers do When properly paid kill a couple or two. Dear Doctor don't grieve at the nominal evil Let me ask you one Question? would you kill the Devil? [a line of dashes] Riddle Form'd long ago, but made today I'm mostly us'd when others sleep What few woud choose to give away What fewer still woud wish to keep. a Bed [smaller print and underlined]