trickseyed

Updated: May 5, 2025

The tell-tale trumpery and eaves-dropping with which the "Tour of a German Prince" is trickseyed out, reminds us of an observation by Lady Morgan: "Admit these fellows into your house, and the only return they will make you is to put you in their book." Yorkshire Fun.

Various - The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction : Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832