Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray

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Carpit, embroydered with tulips; tables, secritaires, cunsoles, &c., as handsome as goold
can make them, and candle-sticks and shandalers of the purest Hormolew.
"The Dining-room furniture is all HOAK, British Hoak; round igspanding table, like a trick
in a Pantimime, iccommadating any number from 8 to 24—to which it is my wish to
restrict my parties. Curtings crimsing damask, Chairs crimsing myrocky. Portricks of my
favorite great men decorats the wall—namely, the Duke of Wellington. There's four of his
Grace. For I've remarked that if you wish to pass for a man of weight and considdration you
should holways praise and quote him. I have a valluble one lickwise of my Queend, and 2
of Prince Halbert—has a Field Martial and halso as a privat Gent. I despise the vulgar
SNEARS that are daily hullered aginst that Igsolted Pottentat. Betwigxt the Prins & the
Duke hangs me, in the Uniform of the Cinqbar Malitia, of which Cinqbars has made me
Capting.
"The Libery is not yet done.
"But the Bedd-roomb is the Jem of the whole. If you could but see it! such a Bedworr! Ive a
Shyval Dressing Glass festooned with Walanseens Lace, and lighted up of evenings with
rose-colored tapers. Goold dressing-case and twilet of Dresding Cheny. My bed white and
gold with curtings of pink and silver brocayd held up a top by a goold Qpid who seems
always a smilin angillicly hon me, has I lay with my Ed on my piller hall sarounded with
the finest Mechlin. I have a own man, a yuth under him, 2 groombs, and a fimmale for the
House. I've 7 osses: in cors if I hunt this winter I must increase my ixtablishment.
"N.B. Heverythink looking well in the City. St. Helenas, 12 pm.; Madagascars, 9 5/8;
Saffron Hill and Rookery Junction, 24; and the new lines in prospick equily incouraging.
"People phansy it's hall gaiety and pleasure the life of us fashnabble gents about townd—
But I can tell 'em it's not hall goold that glitters. They don't know our momints of hagony,
hour ours of studdy and reflecshun. They little think when they see Jeames de la Pluche,
Exquire, worling round in a walce at Halmax with Lady Hann, or lazaly stepping a kidrill
with Lady Jane, poring helegant nothinx into the Countess's hear at dinner, or gallopin his
hoss Desperation hover the exorcisin ground in the Park,—they little think that leader of the
tong, seaminkly so reckliss, is a careworn mann! and yet so it is.
"Imprymus. I've been ableged to get up all the ecomplishments at double quick, & to apply
myself with treemenjuous energy.
"First,—in horder to give myself a hideer of what a gentleman reely is, I've read the novvle
of 'Pelham' six times, and am to go through it 4 times mor.