"As the case stands, the Wapping wives all buy The seamen's tickets for a small supply; But 'tis no matter whether spendthrift slaves Are choused by Wapping w----s, or bubbling knaves."
"This town does to our Western Islands deal, And serves 'em with malt liquors, and with meal, Both excellently good! then how in nature Can people brew fine drink, yet want fresh water."
"Here dirty brown, dark red, and yellow hair, Are bleach'd to colours that are fine and fair, Then blended,--so that half the w----s in town Contribute to adorn one addled crown."
"Come all ye spendthrift prodigals that hold Free land, and want to turn the same to gold, We'll buy your all, provided you agree To drown your purchase-money in South Sea."
"Some lend their money for the sake of more, And others borrow to increase their store;-- Both these do oft engage in Bottomree, But curse sometimes the bottom of the sea."
"If good St. Patrick's friends should raise a stock, And make in Irish looms true hollands duck, Then shall this noble project, by my soul, No longer be a bubble but a bull."
"Here hemp is served for stubborn rogues to die in, And softer flax for tender skins to lie in, But should the useful project be defeated, The knaves will prosper, and the fools be cheated."
"A noble undertaking, but abused, And only as a tricky bubble used;-- Much they pretend to, but the public fear, They'll never make corn cheap, or horse-dung dear!"
"Some deal in water, some in wind like fools, Others in wood, but we alone in coals; From such like projects a declining nation May justly fear a fatal inflammation."
"Come all ye culls, my water engine buy To pump your flooded mines and coal-pits dry: Some projects are all wind, but ours is water, And tho' at present low, may rise herea'ter."
"They talk of distant seas, of ships and nets, And with the style of Royal, gild their baits; When all that the projectors hope or wish for Is to catch fools, the only chubs they fish for."
Six. _Erecting Houses of Office in Britain for Strangers and Travellers._
"A useful project merrily advanced, Tho' chiefly by town-nightmen countenanced, Design'd to sweeten the North British nation, And put close stools and bedpans out of fashion."