Brighton; or, the Steyne a Satirical Novel

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 edition. Excerpt: ...of them were aware of how strictly the property was entailed, until after his death; and he had made a will, leaving the estate to a natural son, with an injunction to sell the whole immediately on administering to the will. It was on this occasion, that the title deeds being examined, the whole mystery was unravelled, for the remoteness of consanguinity was such that it was never thought worth while to enquire into this matter previously; but the ravages of time, and the havoc made in the family by those who had served in the army and navy, had vested the sole right of entail on the honest whip, who observed, « now if I had run after a red coat, as once I was inclined, I do not know who they would have got of the family to inherit Manly Hall, and this poor youngster would, most probably, have had quiet possession. « I feel a good deal for the young fellow: he has got about a thousand pounds in debt, in the expectation of coming to his fortune; and he has been brought up in the notion of being a great squire: it must be a h--1 of a come down to him: but I mean to start fair with him: no cheating in weight or otherwise. I shall cut down a bit of wood, pay the chap's debts, and allow him four hundred a-year; lie hasn't the resource that I had of driving the mail, and it wouldn't be handsome to overturn his prospects altogether at his first throwing off. Fair play's the best in the long run; keep all the cattle up to their work; not put all the weight on one poor animal, whilst another pampered-will scarcely touch collar; bowl along, all right; that's my mode of driving through life; we shall soon enough come to the lust stage; and one would like to bring up handsome and in good style; bang up to the mark, my noble customer; all right! yea...