Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray

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clothes my highlids—the eyedear of my waking thoughts pevaded my slummers. Corts,
Erls, presntations, Goldstix, gracious Sovarinx mengling in my dreembs unceasnly. I blush
to say it (for humin prisumpshn never surely igseeded that of my wicked wickid vishn), one
night I actially dremt that Her R. H. the Princess Hallis was grown up, and that there was a
Cabinit Counsel to detummin whether her & was to be bestoad on me or the Prins of Sax-
Muffinhausen-Pumpenstein, a young Prooshn or Germing zion of nobillaty. I ask umly
parding for this hordacious ideer.
"I said, in my fommer remarx, that I had detummined to be presented to the notus of my
reveared Sovaring in a melintary coschewm. The Court-shoots in which Sivillians attend a
Levy are so uncomming like the—the—livries (ojous wud! I 8 to put it down) I used to
wear before entering sosiaty, that I couldn't abide the notium of wearing one. My
detummination was fumly fixt to apeer as a Yominry Cavilry Hoffiser, in the galleant
youniform of the North Diddlesex Huzzas.
"Has that redgmint had not been out sins 1803, I thought myself quite hotherized to make
such halterations in the youniform as shuited the presnt time and my metured and elygint
taste. Pig-tales was out of the question. Tites I was detummind to mintain. My legg is praps
the finist pint about me, and I was risolved not to hide it under a booshle.
"I phixt on scarlit tites, then, imbridered with goold, as I have seen Widdicomb wear them
at Hashleys when me and Mary Hann used to go there. Ninety-six guineas worth of rich
goold lace and cord did I have myhandering hall hover those shoperb inagspressables.
"Yellow marocky Heshn boots, red eels, goold spurs and goold tassels as bigg as belpulls.
"Jackit—French gray and silver oringe fasings & cuphs, according to the old patn; belt,
green and goold, tight round my pusn, & settin hoff the cemetry of my figgar NOT
DISADVINTAJUSLY.
"A huzza paleese of pupple velvit & sable fir. A sayber of Demaskus steal, and a sabertash
(in which I kep my Odiclone and imbridered pocket ankercher), kimpleat my acooterments,
which, without vannaty, was, I flatter myself, UNEAK.
"But the crownding triumph was my hat. I couldnt wear a cock At. The huzzahs dont use
'em. I wouldnt wear the hojous old brass Elmet & Leppardskin. I choas a hat which is dear
to the memry of hevery Brittn; an at which was inwented by my Feeld Marshle and adord
Prins; an At which VULGAR PREJIDIS & JOAKING has in vane etempted to run down. I
chose the HALBERT AT. I didn't tell Bareacres of this egsabishn of loilty, intending to
SURPRISE him. The white ploom of the West Diddlesex Yomingry I fixt on the topp of
this Shacko, where it spread hout like a shaving-brush.