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Vulgus Britannicus, or, the British Hudibras choose

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[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 8: ’Twas then the very Dregs or Arse / Of all the Jarring Universe.
at arse, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus IX 100: Then when they’re Crazy, stiff an Crippl’d, / Quite surfeited with Belch they’ve tippl’d.
at belch, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 8: So he that does a fraud intend / First treats the Bubble like Friend.
at bubble, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus II 21: And tow’rds the Rooks Old College drew, / More Wild and Insolent they grew.
at college, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 39: And holy Places that have been, / Long since the nurseries of Sin; / Perhaps fam’d Dancing Schools before, / May happen to be so once more.
at dancing school, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 33: To make the Sov’raign Pow’r a Bauble, / And labour’d like a Tom-a-doodle, / To place the Rump above the Noddle.
at tom doodle, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus XI 129: Whore on like Bullies, drink like Dragons, / Call themselves Whigs, but talk like Pagans.
at dragon, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 9: Some liquor’d with Foggy Ale, / Others with Glorious Mild and Stale.
at foggy, adj.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 8: The Fox will Bask, and Rowl and Stretch, / To bring his Prey within his Reach.
at fox, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 40: From whence some Saints inclin’d to Fuddling, / Are most Religious when they’re Maudling.
at fuddle, v.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus IV 46: Supply’d their Wants with thin Old-Groats, / To cheer their Hearts and wet their Throats; / That they might Revel, Whoop and Hollow, / With more undaunted Zeal when Mellow.
at holler, v.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus II 22: When thus the bold infernal Swarm, / Were boiling-hot for any Harm.
at hot, adj.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 43: So Hodmantots, because their Feasts, / Chiefly consist of Guts of Beasts.
at Hottentot, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus IX 103: The Thieves in London seldom Rob / By Night, or undertake a Job, / But that they may the better do it, / They make a Watchman privy to it.
at job, n.2
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 9: Some liquor’d with Foggy Ale, / Others with Glorious Mild and Stale.
at liquored (up), adj.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus IV 46: Supply’d their Wants with thin Old-Groats, / To cheer their Hearts and wet their Throats; / That they might Revel, Whoop and Hollow, / With more undaunted Zeal when Mellow.
at mellow, adj.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus IV 45: That they might learn when Young and Bold, / To Mob with better Grace when Old.
at mob, v.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 13: But were, as Nob declares in spite, / By dint of Number always Right.
at nob, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus VIII 87: Shew by the Ribbons that are hung to / The Noddies, who the Fools belong to.
at noddy, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 40: Nor did the Rabble spare his Pipes, / Of Mortal Clay.
at pipes, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus VII 78: The Mob thus scouring in a hurry, / T’escape the Guards dissembl’d Fury.
at scour, v.2
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus VIII 86: Advanc’d a Red-fac’d squabby Fellow, / As odly shap’d as Punchionello.
at squabby, adj.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus X 109: So she that from the Brewhouse brings / Small Tiff in Tubs that hang on Sliings [sic].
at tiff, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus II 21: Who now grown mad ’twixt Nob and Tipple; / Declar’d themselves to be the People.
at tipple, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus I 18: That e’ry pace the Rake might be / The nearer to the fatal Tree.
at triple tree, n.
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 37: Some of the more Revengeful Mob, / Who took the Pulpit for a Tub; / The Sacred Hut in pieces Pull’d.
at tub, n.1
[UK] N. Ward Vulgus Britannicus III 41: And strew’d about the Wicked Weed, / Like Gard’ners when they sow their Seed.
at weed, n.1
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