asthmaticks

Updated: May 24, 2025

The character of the frequenters had changed for the worse. Instead of "gouty old souls," and "rheumatics," and "asthmaticks," the most noted Cyprians of the day had made the place their rendezvous. So the poet sings of "Thy arbours, Bagnigge, and the gay alcove, Where the frail nymphs in am'rous dalliance rove."

Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley - Inns and Taverns of Old London