Identifier: cu31924103708214 (find matches)
Title: The Table book;
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Hone, William, 1780-1842 Wynne, Lewis Bingley. fmo St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo Wordsworth Collection
Subjects:
Publisher: London : Published for W. Hone, by Hunt and Clarke
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
t a bill of MiddlesexReturnable (mind,- bailable 1)On Wednesday after th morrow of All Souls. Or dost thou come a sufferer ? I see— I see thee cast thy 6ai7-ful eyes around;Oh, call James White, and he will set thee free.He and John Baines will speedily be bound,—In double the suraThat thcu wilt comeAnd meet the plaintiff Bird on legal groundBut stand, oh, stand aside,—for look. Judge Best, on do fantastic toe,Through dingy arch,—bv dirty nook,—Across the yard inio his room aoth go ■—And wisely there aoth readSummons for time to plead.—And frameOrder for same. Thou twittering, legal, foolish, featherd thing, A tiny boy, with salt for latitat.Is sneaking, bailiff-like, to touch thy wing;— Canst thou not see the trick he would be at ?Away 1 away ! and let him not prevail. I do rejoice thourt off! and yet 1 groan To read in that boys silly fate my own •/ am at fault! For from my attic though I brought my salt,Ive faild to put a little on thy tale I 462 THE TABLE BOOK.
Text Appearing After Image:
ANCIE:\T LiOOR OF BEOMLEY CHUECTL On our visit to Bromley church, as soon£S the modern outer gates of the porch wereunlocked, we were struck by the venerableappearance of the old inner oak door ; aud,instead of taking a view of the church, ofwhieh there are several prints, Mr Williamsmade a drawing of the decayed portal, fromwhence he executed the present engraving.On the hinge-side of the engraving, thereis a representation of the outer edge of thedoor. This door formerly hung on the westernstone jamb; but, for warmth, and greaterconvenience, the churchwardens, underwhose management the eiiifice was lastrepaired, put up a pair of folding-doorscovered with crimson cloth; yet, with arespectful regard, worthy of imitation inother places, thev preserved this vestige ofantiquity, and were even careful to displayits time worn front. For this purpose thedoor has been attached to the eastern jamb, Vol. III. 4(i^ 2 H THE TABLE BOOK. o that if it were shut its ornamented sidewould be hidden ;

Note About Images