In this regard are turned all ways awry,
And lose the name of cravat!
From Fugitive Verse and Prose,
by John Peter Roberdeau. Chichester, 1803.
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SOME PARODIES ON THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.
The Bachelor’s Soliloquy.
In Imitation of a celebrated Speech.
To wed, or not to wed—That is the question:
Whether ’tis happier in the mind to stifle
The heats and tumults of outrageous passion,
Or with some prudent fair in solemn contract