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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)

Grego, Joseph, 1843-1908, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 123

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te as to dislodge the bagman that bestrides him. Here, sir, is a horse that lifts up his hind-legs without moving his fore ones, and just the reverse, as I may say, of yours, and perhaps the hint may be acceptable. Suppose, then, when your horse has flown over a gate or a stile in his old way, with… … TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS. and it's ten to one but, by this means, you get his hind-legs to follow the others. You will be able, perhaps, to extricate your stick from its place of confinement when you are up and over (if you are not down), but should you not it is but sixpence gone. I send you this as…

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · English wit and humor, Pictorial

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