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The common garden orator - or aut Caesar aut Nullus

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Pub by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly, Octr 14. 1800\no. 21 London, Nov. 11, 1800./ refers to Foxen's speech at the Whig Club which was so riotous and without ceremonies that Fox here is called the rabble/ speaker of Coventgarden. From the gnarled bludgeons, dogs, doctors and from the appearance of the whole company one sees that they are only waiting for a riot. Partly they have been at the last grain tumult. To this refers the speech aye/ aye, made a good thing pp. which yes, yes, the other day in Southwark/ (or in the borough of Southwark)/ when we plundered the big cheese shop and other/ vegetables, I thought myself excellent. This smart/ fellow has put a two^B4th beating in his pocket for ambush/ and brought his mastiff with him. The fellow with the bandaged head complains that he lost an eye out of his head at the last killings in Bishopsgatestreet where the Quaker Howard quite unexpectedly needed repreßals. A fire-eater/ wants to storm the bank tomorrow./ On the table it looks like in the meanest beer/ houses. Tobacco lies on the papers, because/ one never has cans here. Brandy and porter is/ drunk at the same time - on the beer can on the left hand/ the beer house is now usually noted where it belongs; but here/ it is ominously called the Kings head, and the first letters of the we/ thes C.I.F. (Charles, James, Fox).
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Title: The common garden orator - or aut Caesar aut Nullus
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Pub by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly, Octr 14.
1800\no.
21 London, Nov.
11, 1800.
/ refers to Foxen's speech at the Whig Club which was so riotous and without ceremonies that Fox here is called the rabble/ speaker of Coventgarden.
From the gnarled bludgeons, dogs, doctors and from the appearance of the whole company one sees that they are only waiting for a riot.
Partly they have been at the last grain tumult.
To this refers the speech aye/ aye, made a good thing pp.
which yes, yes, the other day in Southwark/ (or in the borough of Southwark)/ when we plundered the big cheese shop and other/ vegetables, I thought myself excellent.
This smart/ fellow has put a two^B4th beating in his pocket for ambush/ and brought his mastiff with him.
The fellow with the bandaged head complains that he lost an eye out of his head at the last killings in Bishopsgatestreet where the Quaker Howard quite unexpectedly needed repreßals.
A fire-eater/ wants to storm the bank tomorrow.
/ On the table it looks like in the meanest beer/ houses.
Tobacco lies on the papers, because/ one never has cans here.
Brandy and porter is/ drunk at the same time - on the beer can on the left hand/ the beer house is now usually noted where it belongs; but here/ it is ominously called the Kings head, and the first letters of the we/ thes C.
I.
F.
(Charles, James, Fox).

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