Aged 50, Dexter wrote a book about himself – A Pickle for the Knowing Ones or Plain Truth in a Homespun Dress – in which he also complained about politicians, the clergy and his wife. The book contained 8,847 words and 33,864 letters, but no punctuation and its capitalization seemed random. This book is probably only for John P. A revised version of his early book on Timothy Dexter, an eccentric character from colonial Massachusetts who fascinated Marquand partly because both were from Newburyport/ Marquand uses the discussion of Dexter's life to consider the changes in American society during his lifetime. It's overly nostalgic, and ultimately Marquand doesn't find any. Timothy Dexter (1748-1806), though born to a lowly station, was by the end of his life to become a prodigious businessman, a lunatic millionaire, a (self-appointed) Lord, a political philosopher and would-be prophet, a local laughing stock and latterly, through the reception of his much-loved memoir the 'Pickle', the comedy cult hero of the.
To let Lord Dexter bear the sway. When Dexter dies all things shall droop, Lord East, Lord West, Lord North shall stoop, And then Lord South with pomp shall come, And bear his body to the tomb. His tomb most charming to behold, A thousand sweets it doth unfold; When Dexter dies shall willows weep. The Life of Lord Timothy Dexter, with Sketches of the Eccentric Characters that Composed his Associates, including his own writings, 'Dexter's Pickle for the knowing ones', &c., &c. Dexter, Timothy; Quince, Peter (1881). A pickle for the knowing ones: or, Plain truths in a homespun dress.
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To let Lord Dexter bear the sway. When Dexter dies all things shall droop, Lord East, Lord West, Lord North shall stoop, And then Lord South with pomp shall come, And bear his body to the tomb. His tomb most charming to behold, A thousand sweets it doth unfold; When Dexter dies shall willows weep. The Life of Lord Timothy Dexter, with Sketches of the Eccentric Characters that Composed his Associates, including his own writings, 'Dexter's Pickle for the knowing ones', &c., &c. Dexter, Timothy; Quince, Peter (1881). A pickle for the knowing ones: or, Plain truths in a homespun dress.
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