Th’ obsequious horses, anxious for their part,
Reply to John’s “kic-kic,” and off they start.
[189] The early part of the nineteenth century, the date when the incidents which form this poem are to be considered to have their origin.
[190] Whistling of the whip.
[191] Something over the proper fare.
IX.
Now of the journey: one can well conceive
The numerous incidents which tend t’relieve
The dull monotony of such a tour,
And thus make sweet the elsewise tedious hour,