' (Lawrence's 'Life of
Henry Fielding', 1855, p. 296.) The close observation of
Cruikshank has not neglected this detail in the Old Bailey plate
of 'The Drunkard's Children', 1848, v.
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"mobs". The mob was a loose undress or 'deshabille',
sometimes a hood. 'When we poor souls had presented ourselves
with a contrition suitable to our worthlessness, some pretty
young ladies in 'mobs', popped in here and there about the
church.' ('Guardian', No. 65, May 26, 1713.) Cf. also Addison's
'Fine Lady's Diary' ('Spectator', No. 323); 'Went in our 'Mobbs'
to the Dumb Man' (Duncan Campbell).
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"yon solemn-faced". Cf. 'Introduction', p. xxvii.
According to the 'Jessamy Bride,' Goldsmith sometimes aggravated
his plainness by an 'assumed frown of countenance' (Prior,
'Life', 1837, ii. 379).
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"Sir Charles", i.e. Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, Bart.
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