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The History of John Bull

CHAPTER XXII
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IX .-- How John pampered Esquire South with Tit-bits, till he grew wanton; how he got drunk with Calabrian Wine, and longed for Sicilian Beef, and how John carried him thither in his barge.
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X .-- How the Esquire, from a foul-feeder, grew dainty: how he longed for Mangoes, Spices, and Indian Birds' Nests, etc., and could not sleep but in a Chintz Bed.
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XI .-- The Esquire turned Tradesman; how he set up a China Shop* over against Nic.

Frog.
* The Ostend Company.
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XII .-- How he procured Spanish Flies to blister his Neighbours, and as a Provocative to himself.


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