item: #1 of 28 id: A26532 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Aesop at Tunbridge, or, A few select fables in verse by no person of quality. date: 1698 words: 4073 flesch: 82 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). I will not altogether excuse the Exaggeration of Matters in the twelfth Fable ; for tho' our Bargain be dear enough ; yet I can't tell what we should have done without it ; and Things , I hope , will mend upon our hands , in good time . keywords: ass; eebo; fab; horse; man; quoth; tcp; text; thou cache: A26532.xml plain text: A26532.txt item: #2 of 28 id: A41087 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A trip to Holland being a description of the country, people and manners : as also some select observations on Amsterdam. date: 1699 words: 10248 flesch: 71 summary: T●●● is a Province amongst them , where every Woman carries a Concy in a Lamb Skin . Compliment i● an Idleness they were never trained up in ; and 't is their Happiness , that Court-Vanities have not stolen away their Minds from Business . keywords: amsterdam; country; doth; dutch; english; hath; heaven; house; land; man; people; religion; tcp; text; tho; water; way; world cache: A41087.xml plain text: A41087.txt item: #3 of 28 id: A55735 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The paradice of pleasure, or, An encomium upon Darby-ale in answer to a scurrilous lampoon call'd Scott's paradice, or, A satyr against Darby-ale. date: 1700 words: 3323 flesch: 63 summary: The paradice of pleasure, or, An encomium upon Darby-ale in answer to a scurrilous lampoon call'd Scott's paradice, or, A satyr against Darby-ale. The paradice of pleasure, or, An encomium upon Darby-ale in answer to a scurrilous lampoon call'd Scott's paradice, or, A satyr against Darby-ale. Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. keywords: ale; darby; eebo; english; liquor; paradice; tcp; text; thee; time; wit cache: A55735.xml plain text: A55735.txt item: #4 of 28 id: A63248 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A trip to Ireland being a description of the country, people and manner : as also some select observations on Dublin. date: 1699 words: 9853 flesch: 46 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. keywords: country; eebo; english; good; ireland; irish; leave; man; men; nature; people; place; reason; self; shall; sight; tcp; text; tho cache: A63248.xml plain text: A63248.txt item: #5 of 28 id: A67499 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The dancing-school with the adventures of the Easter holy-days. date: 1700 words: 8387 flesch: 55 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). keywords: company; dancing; english; fair; house; man; mistress; new; pence; people; poor; pretty; price; self; tcp; text; think; time; woman cache: A67499.xml plain text: A67499.txt item: #6 of 28 id: A67500 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A dialogue between claret & darby-ale a poem, considered in an accidental conversation between two gentlemen. date: 1692 words: 3878 flesch: 84 summary: Will , 't is the very subject we could have wisht for . — a Dialogue between Claret and Darby Ale. — If the Author manages his Subject well , we shall have Diversion enough , no doubt ; but before we Read it , we 'll take Half-a-dozen Glasses a piece to the memory of our absent Friends . He 's much in the right on 't , for Faith Will that Ale you Drink is a most ●ulsom Liquor : Let me feel your Pulse . — Lord ! How hot you are ? and your Face looks as Red as the Moon in Eclipse . — I am resolv'd to undertake thy Conversion , and bring thee over to the Faith again ; and to morrow we 'll Dine at the Rummer in Queen-street and swim in Claret . 1 st Gent. keywords: ale; claret; d gent; darby; english; gent; st gent; tcp; text cache: A67500.xml plain text: A67500.txt item: #7 of 28 id: A67501 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Ecclesia & Factio a dialogue between Bow-Steeple Dragon and the Exchange Grasshopper. date: 1698 words: 3622 flesch: 71 summary: These are the Men of merit , they provide , To Row , and Toe , against the Wind and Tide ; Who in Tempestious Discords , they create , Sail quite repugnant to the Church and State : Yet to such outward Godliness seem bent , To Church they 'll come , tho' in their Hearts Dissent : But for no Faith , will either Hang , or Starve , Both God and Mammon , for advancement serve ; Thus seasonably comply , or in fit times can swerve . Religion , like a Prince , tho' ne'er so Pure , By Pow'r to Punish , must be made secure , Or else your Saints , to Reformation given , Would quickly cut Ten Thousand Paths to Heaven . keywords: church; dragon; eebo; english; faith; god; pow'r; state; tcp; text; thro cache: A67501.xml plain text: A67501.txt item: #8 of 28 id: A67503 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Female policy detected. Or, The arts of a designing woman laid open In maxims proper to be observ'd by all, especially the youth of this nation, to arm themselves against the subtilties and devices of intreiguing women. Divided into six chapters. I. Of their allurements. II. Of their inconstancy. III. Of their love. IV. Of their revenge. V. Of their pride. VI. Of their ingratitude. To which is added, two poems, one in commendation of vertue, the other in dispraise of vice. Dedicated to the apprentices of London. date: 1695 words: 7979 flesch: 66 summary: Of the Love of Women . 'T is a receiv'd Opinion among their whole Sex , That the Passion of Love ceases in a Man after Enjoyment , and the Esteem he had before of her Person is much lessen'd by her Condescention to his Desires , which Conception occasions her to withdraw her Affections from you , ( unless every Hour you confirm her in a different Faith by fresh Assurances ) coveting to be Belov'd by some Body who hath a good Opinion of her Vertues ; for there is nothing more certain , that Women who have been deceiv'd themselves , take a secret Delight in Deceiving others ; therefore , you that are the Deceivers , be careful you are not Deceiv'd . keywords: hath; husband; love; lust; pride; revenge; self; tcp; text; vertue; vice; wife; woman cache: A67503.xml plain text: A67503.txt item: #9 of 28 id: A67504 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A frolick to Horn-fair with a walk from Cuckold's-point thro' Deptford and Greenwich. date: 1700 words: 11058 flesch: 47 summary: EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). Having past by a great Number of these Condescending Mortals , we came to a Field which led to the Entrance of the Dock , about a Stones Cast on this side which , were a parcel of West-Indian-Creolians , lately come on Shore , Cooking in the open Air , an English Porker after the Indian manner , which was attempted to be perform'd as follows : They drove Sticks in the Ground , and Fenc'd in a square place with Old Tarpaulins , leaving one side open for the Wind to Fan the Fire which was made in the middle with Charcole , directly over which lay the Grunter on a Grid-Iron , made of Spits ; which were laid Cross , from side to side ; the part that lay uppermost , being cover'd with the Dripping-Pan , to preserve it from Cooling , and the Fat droping into the Fire , cast up such savoury Fumes from the burning Grease , that the Nossel of foul Candlesticks thrust into a Kitchen-Fire by a Good House-Wife of a Cook , could not perfume her Sluttish-ships Territories with a more Obliging Odor ; and about Six or Eight foot distance , from the main-Fire , was another Fire , to the Windward of the Pig , most Cunningly Contriv'd to Warm the Air , as it pass'd , lest its Coldness otherways might be some Impediment to the Grilliading , or beastly Cooking of their III favour'd Beast , whose Eyes were Roasted in his Head accordinging to the Negroes Cookery , that he star'd like a Dead Pig ; and that side that lay next to the Fire , with the Smoak of the Driping was almost as black as the Charcole beneath it ; that I question not but by the Time it was Ready , it stunk like a piece of Cheshire-Cheese , Toa●ted in the Flame of a Candle , and look'd all over as black as the Rind of a Flitch of Bacon , that has hung Six months in a Country Chimney . keywords: church; cuckold; english; fair; good; greenwich; head; horn; house; lady; mistress; pence; tcp; text; thought; thro; time; town; water; way; wife; woman cache: A67504.xml plain text: A67504.txt item: #10 of 28 id: A67505 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A hue and cry after a man-midwife who has lately deliver'd the land-bank of their money. date: 1699 words: 1460 flesch: 73 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 99916) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A67505.xml plain text: A67505.txt item: #11 of 28 id: A67506 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A journey to Hell, or, A visit paid to the Devil a poem. date: 1700 words: 13984 flesch: 67 summary: Therefore , since it as essentially relates to the Comforts of the Life of Man , to know what other People are , as well as what he himself should be , I thought it no Ill Task to Communicate to the World what knowledge of Mankind I have gather'd from my own Experience ; the Good wont hurt us , 't is the Bad we must be Cautious how we deal with ; for which reason , I have herein separated the Wicked from the Godly , representing only the former , to show Youth what Monsters in Humane Shape they must expect to meet with in this World , tho' of the most Noble Professions : Therefore , my whole Design is only to make Men careful with what Priests they trust their Souls ; with what Lawyers their Estates ; and with what Physicians their Bodies . Till to a Bar at th' upper-end I came , Gilded with Fire , and burnish'd o'er with Flame ; Within whose Bounds was held th' Infernal Court , Without stood ghastly Prisoners All-a-mort ; keywords: bar; call'd; cause; court; crimes; devil; earth; ev'ry; good; grave; hell; ill; ills; judge; learn'd; looks; lord; man; ne'er; pains; round; souls; tcp; text; things; tho; thro; trade; world cache: A67506.xml plain text: A67506.txt item: #12 of 28 id: A67509 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A journey to Scotland giving a character of that country, the people and their manners. By an English gentleman. With a letter from an officer there, and a poem on the same subject. date: 1699 words: 8537 flesch: 61 summary: Italy is compared to a Leg , Scotland to a Louse , whose Legs and engrailed Edges represent the Promontories and Buttings out into the Sea , with more Nooks and Angles than the most conceited of my Lord Mayor's Custards ; nor does the Comparison determine here : A Louse preys upon its own Fosterer and Preserver , and is productive of those Minute-Animals called Nitts ; so Scotland , whose Proboscis joyns too close to England , has suckt away the Nutriment from Northumberland , as the Countrey it self is too true a Testimony , and from its opposite A — , has calved those Nitty Islands , call'd the Orcades , and the Shetland , ( quasi Shite-land ) Their Rivers , or rather Arms of the Sea are short , few places in Scotland being above a day's Journey from the Sea , but they are broad , deep and dangerous pestered , with multitudes of Porposses or Sharks ( some of them perhaps amphibious too , that live more on Land than Water ) which destroy their Salmon , the great Commodity of this Countrey , which being too good for the Inhabitants , are barreled up , and converted into Merchandize , &c. keywords: countrey; drink; eebo; english; foot; good; houses; inhabitants; man; meat; men; nature; people; place; scotland; sort; sure; tcp; text; world cache: A67509.xml plain text: A67509.txt item: #13 of 28 id: A67510 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Labour in vain: or, What signifies little or nothing Viz. I. The poor man's petitioning at court. II. Expectation of benefit from a covetous man in his life-time. III. The marriage of an old man to a young woman. IV. Endeavours to regulate mens manners by preaching or writing. V. Being a Jacobite. VI. Confining an insolvent debtor. VII. Promise of secrecy in a conspiracy. VIII. An enquiry after a place. date: 1700 words: 11121 flesch: 53 summary: 〈◊〉 it's return , Who seldom Pay a Debt , but to the Vrn. Place-Brokers to Enquirers still speak Fa● , Blow up a Bubble Globe , which 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Like Lottery Proj●ctors ●raw a Scheme , H●w Thousands may be got , If , if they Draw the Lot , But Hit , or Miss , there●s P●ofi● s●●ll to them ▪ FINIS . I don 't like their Characters , or Epithets ; f●r I believe there 's a real value in our Coine ; and I know little of their Spiritual Notions , neither will I puzzle my Head about what they tell me I can't rightly Vnderstand . Auth. keywords: gentleman; good; harry; house; labour; life; man; marriage; men; money; self; tcp; text; tho; time; vain; woman; ● ● cache: A67510.xml plain text: A67510.txt item: #14 of 28 id: A67511 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The metamorphos'd beau, or, The intrigues of Ludgate date: 1700 words: 11481 flesch: 61 summary: 'T is discours'd his Creditors are a going to take out a Statute of Bankrupt against him , which will be very hard , considering his Circumstances ; but rather than deliver up his Accompts , we advise him to turn himself over to the Fleet , that he may gain his Liberty , and Travel with his Effects , before 't is too late ; and not to spend the Residue of his Stock in a Prison : You see , my Friend , cry'd he , we have had hot Service already , and 't is like to continue , which at this time , I would willingly avoid , by reason I can impute my present Indisposition to nothing but the Fumes of the Bowl ; and a Natural Inclination of seeing some of my Old Acquaintance , which my long Absence hath almost blotted from my Memory ; and likewise an Itch of Curiosity , to see that noble Fabrick , of whom Fame speaks so Loud . keywords: answer'd; cry'd; faith; fellow; friend; hath; house; love; pence; price; reason; room; sir; tcp; text; thou; thy; time; ward; went cache: A67511.xml plain text: A67511.txt item: #15 of 28 id: A67512 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The miracles perform'd by money a poem / by the author of the humours of a coffee-house. date: 1692 words: 4863 flesch: 69 summary: Mong Wonders to which Mony makes pretence , 'T is strange it shou'd supply the want of Sense ! T were Endless , should I but attempt to Run , O're all the Miracles by Mony done . keywords: eebo; english; gold; man; mony; tcp; text; tho; thou; want; works cache: A67512.xml plain text: A67512.txt item: #16 of 28 id: A67513 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Modern religion and ancient loyalty a dialogue. date: 1699 words: 3645 flesch: 73 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. My spurning Foes on ev'ry side Aspire : I Lose my Pow'r , They Gain what they Desire . keywords: duty; king; laws; loyalty; man; pow'r; religion; tcp; text cache: A67513.xml plain text: A67513.txt item: #17 of 28 id: A67514 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The poet's ramble after riches, or, A nights transactions upon the road burlesqu'd; with reflections on a dissenting corporation: together with the authors lamentation, in the time of adversity. Licensed and enter'd according to order. date: 1691 words: 4473 flesch: 69 summary: Till Muddy Ale had seiz'd his Noddle , And then was forc'd to call two Porters , To lead the Lubber to his Quarters , My Landlord , as I pass'd the Bar , Gry'd out , Who pays the Reckoning here ? Said I , pray take it not amiss , Remember I must pay you this : Said he , pray , to prevent mistakes , Will you remember what this makes ; Landlord , let no Ill Thoughts be harbour'd , I 'll soon be rubb'd from off your Bar-board ; I 'll pay you in a little time ; I doubt , says he , 't will be in Rhime , For whatsoe ' re we Trust a Poet , Our Bar for seven years may show it ; And then if Dunn'd , all that they say to 't , Poh , that Debt's Cancell'd by the Statute . At which , then I clapt in a word , And Swore by G — d he made the Third ; Then up starts he in mighty Anger , And Swore , but that I was a Stranger , Or else he further would Contend on 't , Then bit his Nails , and there 's an end on 't , keywords: corporation; devil; eebo; english; man; poet; sir; tcp; text; time cache: A67514.xml plain text: A67514.txt item: #18 of 28 id: A67516 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The rambling rakes, or, London libertines by the author of The Step to the bath. date: 1700 words: 8627 flesch: 60 summary: I am apter to believe , said I , 't is rather in Opposition to the Corruption of their Wives , and if possible to cut off their Communication with Quality , with whom they are generally Affected ; and the tempting Loll in a Coach and Six , hath prov'd more prevalent than the Holy Cross : And 't is a strong Argument , that too many have more Respect for a Pissing-Corner , than the Gates of the Sacred Temple . But the Old Harradan being a little too Extravagant with her Clapper , was rebuk'd by his Neighbour the Friendly Tallow-Chandler : But the Old Woman gave very little Attention to his Reproof , and told him , Tho' he pretended mightily to the Spirit , 't was well known he was Fleshly given ; and his deeds was Dark , tho' by vocation he was an Author of Light , and a Confounder of Cotton . keywords: author; bed; company; door; eebo; english; friend; hath; head; house; london; mistress; night; pence; price; tcp; text; time; wine; woman cache: A67516.xml plain text: A67516.txt item: #19 of 28 id: A67518 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The school of politicks, or, The humours of a coffee-house a poem. date: 1690 words: 5176 flesch: 73 summary: I. 'T WAS Claret that we drank , and 't was as fine , As ever yet deserv'd the name of Wine ; Each Man his Flask we thought a mod'rate Dose , When just as we were giving o'er , Comes in our honest Landlord in the Close , Protesting we should drink his Bottle more : Which done , and all our Reck'ning paid , Each did a sev'ral way repair ; Some went to walk , and some to bed : But I , who had an hour to spare , Went to a nighb'ring Coffee-house , and there With sober Liquor to refine my Head. II. The City 's neatly built , and 't was from thence The German Balls , so fam'd for cleaning Shoes , First came . keywords: come; eebo; english; good; man; nay; news; sense; sir; tcp; text cache: A67518.xml plain text: A67518.txt item: #20 of 28 id: A67520 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Sot's paradise, or, The humours of a Derby-ale-house with a satyr upon the ale. date: 1698 words: 2922 flesch: 79 summary: eng Ale -- Anecdotes Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Anecdotes Hotels -- England -- Derbyshire -- Anecdotes Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Poor Slime , thou art not Ale , for why ? keywords: ale; derby; eebo; english; satyr; sot; tcp; text; thou cache: A67520.xml plain text: A67520.txt item: #21 of 28 id: A67523 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: Step to Stir-Bitch-Fair with remarks upon the University of Cambridge. date: 1700 words: 9559 flesch: 58 summary: The next place we arriv'd at , was our Journeys-end , Cambridge ; where Black and Purple Gowns were stroling about Town , like Parsons in a Country Metropolis , during the Bishops visitation ; Some looking with as meagre Countenances , as if in search of the Philosophers-Stone , they had study'd themselves into an Hypocondriack Melancholly ; other 's seeming so profoundly thoughtful , as if in pursuance of Agrippa's Notions they were studying how to raise Sparagrass from Rams-Horns , or to produce a Homunculus as Gardeners do Pumpkins , by burying the Semen in a Dunghil ; some looking as Plump and as Jolly as a painted Bacchus bestriding a Canary Butt ; smiling as he past by , at his own Soliloquies , as if he was muttering over to himself some Bacchanalian Ode , he had conceiv'd in Praise of good Clarret ; others seeming as Sottishly Sorrowful as if they were Maudlin Fuddl'd , and lamenting the Misfortune of poor Anacreon , who Choak'd himself with a Grape-Stone ; some strutting along about Eighteen years of Age , in new Gown and Cassock , as if they had receiv'd Orders about two hours before , and were the next Morning to have Institution and Induction , to become the hopeful Guide of a whole Parish ; and here and there one appearring so Rakishly Thoughtless , as if Nature , by his empty Looks , had design'd him to grind Mustard , or pick Mushrooms for some Noble-Mans Kitchen ; tho' his Parents , in Opposition to his destiny , resolv'd to make him a Scholar . Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. keywords: bed; call'd; cambridge; company; country; english; fair; good; head; house; london; pence; place; price; self; tcp; text; thou; time; town cache: A67523.xml plain text: A67523.txt item: #22 of 28 id: A67524 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A step to the Bath with a character of the place. date: 1700 words: 11967 flesch: 60 summary: If Ladies , or Gentlemen ? Whether any Quality was on the Road bound for 〈…〉 In which I satisfied them to the best of my knowledge ; but after we had 〈…〉 or two , of that insippid Liquor , we Adjourn'd to Honest C — at 〈…〉 where we Enliven'd our Souls with a Glass of good Burdeaux , 〈…〉 and from thence we went to see the Diversion of the Baths . Of which , 't is not my Design to give you an 〈…〉 Original , and Eminent Cures ; or a Description of their Structure 〈…〉 ; for that 's already perform'd , in most of our Chronicles ; 〈…〉 on the Ways and Intrigues that are manag'd there during the Season . keywords: answer'd; bath; company; day; good; hath; house; journey; ladies; lady; like; london; love; madam; night; pence; place; price; sir; tcp; text; time; wife cache: A67524.xml plain text: A67524.txt item: #23 of 28 id: A67527 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A trip to Jamaica with a true character of the people and island / by the author of Sot's paradise. date: 1698 words: 7287 flesch: 58 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. I being influenc'd by my Stars , with an unhappy propensity to the Conversation of those unlucky kind of Fortune-Hunters , till at last , tho' I had no more Wit to boast of than another Man , yet I shar'd the Fate of those that had ; and to bear them Company , stragled so far from the Paths of Profit and Preferment , into a Wilderness of Pleasure and Enjoyment , that I had like to have been stuck fast in a Thicket of Brambles , before I knew were abouts I was ; to clear my self of which , I bustled like a Fox in a Gin , or a Hare in a Patridge-Net : keywords: author; board; books; country; danger; eebo; english; island; jamaica; man; men; money; sea; self; tcp; text; thro; time cache: A67527.xml plain text: A67527.txt item: #24 of 28 id: A67528 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians. date: 1699 words: 8796 flesch: 67 summary: eng New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Anecdotes 2003-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-03 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-04 Jennifer Kietzman Sampled and proofread 2003-04 Jennifer Kietzman Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A TRIP TO NEW-ENGLAND . A trip to New-England with a character of the country and people, both English and Indians. keywords: boston; country; devil; england; english; flesh; good; indians; man; men; money; new; sea; tcp; text; time; town; women; work cache: A67528.xml plain text: A67528.txt item: #25 of 28 id: A67529 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: A walk to Islington with a description of New-Tunbridge-Wells and Sadler's musick-house / by the author of the poet's ramble after riches. date: 1699 words: 4895 flesch: 75 summary: Who I turn'd off at Will , and enjoy'd at my Leisure : We saunter'd about near the New-River-Head , Where we pratled and tatled , tho' what 't was we said , If you 'd have me Discover , indeed I must fail-you , Because 't was on Business improper to tell-you . By his formally handing his Whither d' ye go ; For in the old order you 're certain to find 'em , Advance with their Tallow fac'd Daughters behind-'em ; For whether to Church , or to Bawdy-house bent , It 's always their Custom to put on the Saint : And look so demure , one would think 't was their Fashion To say a long Grace , e'vn before Copulation . keywords: author; devil; eebo; english; house; new; pence; price; sort; tcp; text; time; walk cache: A67529.xml plain text: A67529.txt item: #26 of 28 id: A67530 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The wealthy shop-keeper, or, The charitable citizen a poem. date: 1700 words: 4171 flesch: 79 summary: The midnight King of Clubs he scorns to be , And to some Barber leaves th' Authority . Looks high , will none beneath himself regard , And often Dines with th' Alderman o' th' Ward . keywords: coffee; day; eebo; english; ev'ry; house; pounds; shop; tcp; text; till cache: A67530.xml plain text: A67530.txt item: #27 of 28 id: A67531 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The world bewitch'd a dialogue between two astrologers and the author : with infallible predictions of what will happen in this present year, 1699, from the vices and villanies practis'd in court, city and country. date: 1699 words: 10093 flesch: 58 summary: Usurers in old time were Damn'd by all good Men for Ten in the Hundred , but we shall find e'er long , every honest Citizen will with a safe Conscience take Thirty , and think him self in as fair a way to Heaven as the Parson of the Parish . Fat People will be so Lazy in the Dog-days , they will rather sit 3 Hours in a cool Room over a plentiful Dose of Claret , walk two Miles in the Sun-shine ; and most Married Shop keepers will Sweat more between the Sheets , than they will behind their Counters ; for tho' warm Exercise is forbid this Hot Weather , yet Women , thro' an aversion to Restraint , will covet Titilation with as strong an Appetite , as a Roman-Catholick does Flesh-meat in Lent , and will hate to lose her Longing in this Season above all the parts of the Year ; for when men are most troubled with Whimsies in their Heads , Women have 'em in their Tails , and whensoever the Maggot Bites , the Part aggrieved will call for a speedy Remedy . keywords: abundance; author; devil; english; fools; fortune; good; man; men; money; self; sir; stars; summer; tcp; text; time; world; year cache: A67531.xml plain text: A67531.txt item: #28 of 28 id: A71299 author: Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. title: The insinuating bawd and the repenting harlot written by a whore at Tunbridge, and dedicated to a bawd at the Bath. date: 1699 words: 5183 flesch: 75 summary: When enter'd thus , I th' tempting Vice pursu'd , And from my first Corruption grew more Lew'd ; Till by Promiscuous use , I found in th' end , The Sowrest Pains , the Sweetest Sins attend : Such Poisonous Ulcers did my Crimes ensue ; I nauseous to my self and others grew : In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. keywords: english; fear; kind; life; love; man; pence; price; self; tcp; text cache: A71299.xml plain text: A71299.txt