Jane Douglas (1761)
Old Jane's passion subsided the next morning; but the waiter, who was grown tired of the constant hurry and disturbance of house, quitted it directly.
A new waiter soon came to supply his place, but not being long come out of the country, he was not perfectly acquainted with all the customs of such houses; so he forgot to bring with him, which is looked upon as very essential, both in the bordelles of Paris, and in the bawdy-houses of London.
The reader will readily guess that I mean certain machines, commonly called ––, which to the great honour of our countrymen, who have so eminently distinguished themselves in the arts and sciences, were invented by a native of Great Britain.
A gentleman one day waiting for this useful implement, the waiter ran to the S––r and borrowed one. Whilst he was below in the kitchen, waiting for some warm water, the gentlemen growing impatient, called down stairs, which old Jenny hearing, was provoked at the waiter's delay; and called out, in a voice that might be heard all over the house, "G–d confound you, for a lazy son of a b––h, why do you not bring up the ––; do you think the gentleman's –– can stand for ever!"