The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Political Romance, by Laurence SterneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: A Political RomanceAuthor: Laurence SterneRelease Date: January 2, 2007 [EBook #20257]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A POLITICAL ROMANCE ***Produced by Jerry KuntzA Political Romance,Addressed To _____ ________, Esq;of York.To which is subjoined a KEY.Ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat ResYORK: Printed in the Year MDCCLIX.[Price ONE SHILLING.]A POLITICAL ROMANCE, ETC.SIR,In my last, for want of something better to write about, I told you what a World of Fending and Proving we have had of late,in this little Village of ours, about an old-cast-Pair-of-black-Plush-Breeches, which John, our Parish-Clerk, about tenYears ago, it seems, had made a Promise of to one Trim, who is our Sexton and Dog-Whipper.—To this you write meWord, that you have had more than either one or two Occasions to know a good deal of the shifty Behaviour of this saidMaster Trim,— and that you are astonished, nor can you for your Soul conceive, how so worthless a Fellow, and soworthless a Thing into the Bargain, could become the Occasion of such a Racket as I have represented.Now, though you do not say expressly, ...