Adventures and adventurers > Adventures of Roderick Random

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At length the hour arrived, whoa aut'
Auxiliary seized the opportunity of the
usher's absence, bolted and secured the door*
and immediately laid hold of-the pedant by •
his collar, who bawled oat,1 murder, thieves 1’
with the voice of a Stouter. I’iio’ I trembled
all over,, I knew the;£ was no time to be lo.--f,
and accordingly got up and sd.nmoned oar
associates to my assistance : Strap without 3
%any hesitation, obeyed tiie signal, and seeing
me lean upon the master’s bark, ran imme¬
diately t£ one of his legs which pulling with {
all Ids force, this dreadful adversary was soon |
humbled to the ground : upon which Gau ky,
who liad hitherto remained an hts place, I
-hastened to thg scene of action and imuhed 4
the fhllen tyrant with a loud huzza, in which
tUo vvhole schopkjoined. We soon dragged i:
the oH hinal to a. post,'to which Bowling tied *
liim witii a roptl he had provided oti purpose;
af'ter having fastened hjs hands behind his *
back, pulled down h';s breeches, .knd tucked i
up his garments and shirt,, as fgr as they
would go, my unde, having upbraided tbi$
arbitrary wretch with his-lnlmnaftdy tp me,
told him that he proposed to give him a little
.discipline for the good of hjs soul-; which he "
immediately put in practice wivb great vigour .
and dexterity^ This smart application to
the pedant’s• withered posteriors, gave him j
such exquisite.pain, that he roared like a
nud bull, danced, cursed, and blasphemed.
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