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NHG-P.773.003
5 Feb 1773:31 (851)
A FAVOURITE AMUSEMENT.
Some women take delight in dress,
And some in cards take pleasure!
Whilst other place their happiness
In heaping hoards of treasure:
In private some delight to kiss,
Their hidden charms unfolding:
But all mistake the sovereign bliss,
There's no such joy as scolding.
The instant that I open my eyes,
Adieu all day to silence;
Before my neighbours they can rise,
They hear my tongue a mile hence:
When at the board I take my seat,
'Tis one continued riot;
I eat and scold, and scold and eat,
My clack is never quiet.
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