Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works, with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries (1880)
r saw. Let not my readers disdain his intro- duction, for Doctor Johnson gave him this character : " Sir, he is a civil man, and a wise man." My wife did not seem quite easy when we left her, but away we went' — Vide Journal, p. 47. 10. Scottifying /lie Palate at Lcith. ' I bought some speldings,… … SCOTTIFYING THE PALATE AT I.E1TH. Scottifying his palate, but he was very reluctant. W ith difficulty T prevailed with him. He did not like it' — Vide Journal, p. 50. I see thee stuffing, with a hand uncouth, An old dry'd whiting in thy Johnson's mouth ; And, lo ! I see, with all his might and…
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial
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