Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill, À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 · London : Pub. at the Punch Office · leaf 78
ons in his behalf; the stage ladies-maid is urging her young mistress torush into the threadbare arms of a half-pay captain who makes love to her, by whistlingup at the window, following her into the Park, kissing her maid, and practising otherelegant little arts which military men—on the stage—are… … uninterrupted course of insult and violence. She ordinarily addresses him as an oldhunks, shakes her fist in his face, thrusts his hat and cane into his hand,—all thewhile pushing him towards the door,—when she has any purpose to serve by gettingrid of him. If he begins to talk, she talks him down,…
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