_CHRISTMAS CHAT:_
OR,
OBSERVATIONS
On the Late
CHANGE at COURT,
On the different
Characters of the INS and OUTS;
And on the
Present STATE of PUBLICK AFFAIRS.
A
DIALOGUE
Spoke at the Country Seat of one of the
_New Ministry_, in the late Holy Days, the Day before his Re-election;
BETWEEN
Mr. BROADBOTTOM,
Mr. OVERALL,
Mr. ROSEBAND,
Sir JOHN PROBEUM,
Mr. SMOOTHWELL, &
Mr. BLUNT.
-- LONDON --:
Printed for M. COOPER, at the Globe in _Paternoster Row_; 1745.
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_CHRISTMAS CHAT:_
OR,
OBSERVATIONS
On the Late
CHANGE at COURT,
A
DIALOGUE
_Broadbottom_, Sir _John Probeum_, _Overall_, _Roseband_, _Blunt_, and
_Smoothwell_, sitting round a Table at _Broadbottom's_ House.
_Overall_.
TRUCE with Politics, I beseech you, Gentlemen.----I gad! 'tis unconscionable to lecture a Man thus at his own House.
_Broadbottom_. By no means, Mr. _Overall_; I look upon the Freedom with which my worthy Neighbours here treat me, as an Instance of their
Friendship and Regard.
_Roseband_. There spoke the Christian and Man of sound Understanding----
_Over_. Pshaw! P--x! What have we Fox-hunters to do with sound
Understandings?----Give me a sound Bottom, Parson, and you are welcome to keep your Christianity and sound Understanding for your next _Christmas_
Conversation. Ha, ha!
_Blunt_. Right, Mr. _Overall_; I say a sound Bottom too.
_Over_. Come, Gentlemen, let the Toast…