| Citation |
PG-P.756.030
26 Feb 1756:11 (1418)
[In a letter first printed in 1673, the author cautions his
cousin to encourage his son to avoid dangerous situations in
warfare.] If you are (said I) so mighty fond of your son,
sent for him home presently, and let him run no other danger
than that he may meet with in a London tavern or bawdy-
house; when he has a mind to fight let bowls be his bullets,
and broad oaths and curses his gun-powder; at other times,
let him have nothing else to do, but treat his wife, or, as
the fashion goes, his wench, at the play-house, Hyde-park,
or Spring-Gardens. . .
|