Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray

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"Nothing, perhaps, ever created so great a sensashun as my hentrance to St. Jeames's, on
the day of the Levy. The Tuckish Hambasdor himself was not so much remarked as my
shuperb turn out.
"As a Millentary man, and a North Diddlesex Huzza, I was resolved to come to the ground
on HOSSBACK. I had Desparation phigd out as a charger, and got 4 Melentery dresses
from Ollywell Street, in which I drest my 2 men (Fitzwarren, hout of livry, woodnt stand
it,) and 2 fellers from Rimles, where my hosses stand at livry. I rode up St. Jeames's Street,
with my 4 Hadycongs—the people huzzaying—the gals waving their hankerchers, as if I
were a Foring Prins—hall the winders crowdid to see me pass.
"The guard must have taken me for a Hempror at least, when I came, for the drums beat,
and the guard turned out and seluted me with presented harms.
"What a momink of triumth it was! I sprung myjestickly from Desperation. I gav the rains
to one of my horderlies, and, salewting the crowd, I past into the presnts of my Most
Gracious Mrs.
"You, peraps, may igspect that I should narrait at lenth the suckmstanzas of my hawjince
with the British Crown. But I am not one who would gratafy IMPUTTNINT
CURAIOSATY. Rispect for our reckonized instatewtions is my fust quallaty. I, for one,
will dye rallying round my Thrown.
"Suffise it to say, when I stood in the Horgust Presnts,—when I sor on the right & of my
Himperial Sovring that Most Gracious Prins, to admire womb has been the chief Objick of
my life, my busum was seased with an imotium which my Penn rifewses to dixcribe—my
trembling knees halmost rifused their hoffis—I reckleck nothing mor until I was found
phainting in the harms of the Lord Chamberling. Sir Robert Peal apnd to be standing by (I
knew our wuthy Primmier by Punch's picturs of him, igspecially his ligs), and he was
conwussing with a man of womb I shall say nothink, but that he is a hero of 100 fites, AND
HEVERY FITE HE FIT HE ONE. Nead I say that I elude to Harthur of Wellingting? I
introjuiced myself to these Jents, and intend to improve the equaintance, and peraps ast
Guvmint for a Barnetcy.
"But there was ANOTHER pusn womb on this droring-room I fust had the inagspressable
dalite to beold. This was that Star of fashing, that Sinecure of neighboring i's, as Milting
observes, the ecomplisht Lady Hangelina Thistlewood, daughter of my exlent frend, John
George Godfrey de Bullion Thistlewood, Earl of Bareacres, Baron Southdown, in the
Peeridge of the United Kingdom, Baron Haggismore, in Scotland, K.T., Lord Leftnant of