be-be-better

Updated: May 16, 2025

He once had the impudence to practise his mockery upon a worthy gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who was so unfortunate as to be unable to speak without stuttering. The gentleman happening to pass by Mr. Fribble's door, at which our little monsieur was then standing with a magpie in his hand." "Ye-ye-yes, replied the saucy fop, be-be-better than you do, or else I would wring his head off."

Anonymous - Vice in its Proper Shape: Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several: Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals: Which They Most Resemble In Disposition.