| Citation |
EG.773.030
4-11 May 1773:1621 (5/250)
London, Feb. 23. As a gentleman was going through Lincoln's
Inn, a few nights ago, a fellow seized him by the collar and
dragged him into a corner, and presenting a pistol robbed
him of his money, watch, and great coat. On the gentleman's
begging he would not take his great coat, alleging it was
cold, the robber replied, for that very reason I have the
more occasion for it. The fellow was not under the least
timidity, but while he was pulling off the great coat,
repeated the words in the Beggar's Opera, A Lawyer's an
Honest Employment, so is mine; and then walked gently off,
humming the tune of Through all the Employments of life, &c.
|