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 ang awung C was very Tony he had loſt a leg. That is a damn'd lye, you ſon of a b-h, replied he, for I have got it under my arm. As Dean Swift was croſſing over the ferry at Dublin, turning himſelf from the paſſengers in the ftern of the boat, he addreſſed a poor man near him, Well, friend, what profeſſion are ye of? I am a tay- lor, Sir, anſwered the other, not knowing the Dean. Are you married? ſaid Swift. Yes, Sir, replied the taylor. And who wears the breeches? faid the Dean. My a--fe, anſwered the other. An old woman who had never ſeen a monkey in her life before, and coming to Bedford market, ſaw one riding on a dog's back, and the dog running a way with him; ſays ſhe, I am afraid that young gentleman will fall by and by, be rides ſo faſt. And when the ſaw he did not, ſhe cried out, well rid young gentleman, well rid young gentleman, in truth he's a good horſe-man. A gentleman one day gave his ſervant a kick on the breech, upon which the fellow let a rouſing ſat, his maſter was horribly offended, but the ſervant ſaid, Why, Sir, would you knock at a door and have no body anſwer you. An Iriſhman at Cheſter, upon enquiring at his landlord how he could get to London, and being old he might go in the waggon, he replied, No, ho. ney, that won't do, I am always ſea-ſick when I ride na waggon. A Schoolmaſter aſking one of his boys, in a ſharp vinter morning, what was Latin for cold ; the boy eſitated a little-What ſirrah, ſaid he, can't you el ? Yes, yes, cried the boy, I have it in my ſinger- pds- FINIS.