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The History of John Bull

CHAPTER III
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In that way Jack was her man, for he neither thought, spoke, dressed, nor acted like other mortals.

He was for your bold strokes.

He railed at fops, though he was himself the most affected in the world; instead of the common fashion, he would visit his mistress in a mourning-cloak, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard.

He invented a way of coming into a room backwards, which he said showed more humility and less affectation.

Where other people stood, he sat; where they sat, he stood; when he went to Court, he used to kick away the state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.


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