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The Second Volume of the Writings of the Author of the London-Spy choose

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[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 16: By this Time we go so Fuddled, / That both our Brains in Truth were addled.
at addled, adj.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 16: Ads-wounds, said I, you Rogue, you Dog, / Why, what dost take me for a Hog. [Ibid.] 19: A glander’d, tir’d, founder’d Horse, / Ads-heartly-wounds, ’tis worse and worse.
at ad’s (heart’s) wounds! (excl.) under ads, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 2: I treat you with a Merry Tale, / Spun o’er a Cup of Nappy Ale.
at nappy (ale), n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Reflections on a Country Corporation’ in Writings (1704) 20: Cuckolds and Misers here are Plenty, / Many Mechanicks and Few Gentry, / Whose Bags are full, and Sculls are empty.
at bag, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 12: Thus Fir’d by heat of Argument, / This Disputants to Boxing went; / [...] / To it they fell, and Bang’d each other.
at bang, v.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 10: Then up starts he in mighty Anger, / And Swore, but that I was a Stranger, / Or else he further wou’d contend on’t, / Then bit his nails, and there’s an end on’t.
at bite on the nail (v.) under bite, v.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Reflections on a Country Corporation’ Writings (1704) 20: Honest Men Precious are as Rubies; / Their May’rs Successively are Boobies, / And Aldermen great Brawny Loobies.
at booby, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 8: In then he called his pretty Daughter, / Whose Beauty made my Chops to water, / That I shou’d scarce have made a Scruple, / To’ve lent her Buttons to her Loop-hole.
at button, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 1: Or in a whining cant discover / The fate of some poor slighted Lover.
at cant, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 7: Then to look big I cock’d my Caster, / And bid the Hostler call his Master.
at castor, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 3: There I made the Bumpkin Fuddle, / Till muddy Ale had seiz’d his Noddle.
at fuddle, v.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 9: The following Point we chanc’d to Pitch on, / (Being half Fuddled) was Religion.
at fuddled, adj.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 9: And then in order to be Drunk, / Each gave his Word for Drink and Funk.
at funk, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 14: I vow to Gad if you once vex me, / You know I shall not be afraid, / To fling the Flaggon at your Head.
at gad, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 14: You Rogue, you Rascal, are you not, / A Silly, Sorry, Sap-Head Sot.
at sap-headed, adj.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 1: I Sing of neither Hogan Mogan / Of Ancient Greek or Trusty Trojan.
at hogan-mogan, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 7: Which if, said I, the News be true, / ’Tis very bad for you know who.
at you know who, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 11: And Stagg’ring Swore, his Brains being mellow, / St. Greg’ry was an honest Fellow.
at mellow, adj.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 17: God-take-me, Sir, Ise no sick Nisey, / To stand a Drub.
at nizzie, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 8: Pego like an upstart Hector, Finding how much I did affect her [...] I scarce could keep him in my Codpiece Would fain have Rul’d as Lord Protector.
at pego, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 15: The rest, as well as he, God-wot, / Being Govern’d by the Petticoat [...] With Sparkling Eyes, and Flaming Noses, / They all reel’d Home unto their Spouses.
at petticoat government (n.) under petticoat, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 16: Why, what dost take me for a hog, / A Pedlar, drover, or a carman, / To here Pig in among such Vermin?
at pig in (v.) under pig, v.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Authors Lamentation’ Writings (1704) 23: My coat it is turn’d, with the Lappets Piss-Burn’d.
at piss-burned (adj.) under piss, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 19: May’st thou be Plagu’d with Coughs all night, / And hard Bound when thou go’st to S—e.
at shit, v.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 2: Where dames, whose pretty Eyes would pierce ye, / Will turn up tails, for God have Mercy; / And think no greater Obligation, / Than the sweet tie of Copulation.
at tail, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 17: My Obsolete Accoutrements / [...] / I then put on, my Tilter Hanging.
at tilter, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 1: I Sing of neither Hogan Mogan / Of Ancient Greek or Trusty Trojan.
at Trojan, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘Reflections on a Country Corporation’ Writings (1704) 22: ’Tis true, the Pastors of the Zealous, / Such Doctrines will in Tub reveal-us.
at tub, n.1
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ Writings (1704) 2: And Ralph, with hands o’er flaming Cow-turd, / Turns Tales and Stories inside outward.
at turd, n.
[UK] N. Ward ‘The Poet’s Ramble after Riches’ in Writings (1704) 16: Show me, you Whip-shire Northern Clown, / His Worships Room, with Bed of Down.
at Whipshire, n.
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