Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 2 (of 2) / Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc.

by James Peller Malcolm

"A thousand hearts are great within my bosom.

Advance our standards, set upon our foes,

Our antient word of courage, fair St. George,

Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons:

Upon them, Victory sits on our helms[204:A]."

Let it also be recorded, that the season of 1806 produced a juvenile Theatre , which was well attended. But let us return to the Spouting-clubs, lest we pass them without due notice: that indeed they received in 1759, when these excellent lines appeared in the London Chronicle, to which I can add nothing new.

"THE SPOUTING CLUB.

A Poetical Dish newly cooked up

By Rigdum Funnidos, Esq.

Professor of Bombast and Blank Verse in the
University of Queerumania.