The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 by Various
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thought you kept a cow?"
"Ay, plase yer honour's honour, and _two_ it was that I _once_ kept, the craters!" "_Once_, why don't you keep them now?" "Ough! 'tis yeaself must answer that question, for why? the bastes did well enough afore your rav'rence run up that bit o' wall round your fields, seein' the cows lived off your grass; but sorra for me now, I've sold 'em both, by rason I couldn't _keep_ 'em no longer." An English gentleman, on a tour in Ireland, was beset at a fine waterfall by numerous beggars; one woman was particularly clamorous for relief, but Mr. R. instructed by his guide, said to her, "My good friend, you cannot possibly want relief, as you keep several cows, and have a very profitable farm; indeed I cannot bestow my charity upon you." The woman, looking sulky, and _detected_, immediately pointed to another, exclaiming, "Then give to _her_, for she's got _nothing_!" The stranger in Dublin is particularly requested to send all beggars to an institution in Copper Alley, for their relief. Being once much importuned by an old man for money, we desired him to go to this place. "I can't," said he. "Why not?" "Becase 'tis a bad place for the poor." "How so? don't they give you anything to eat?" |
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