Nor could I forget the humble distinction of the aged sexton, Mortefee, whose skill in psalmody enabled him to lead that wretched group of singers, whom Hogarth so happily portrayed; whose performance with the pitch-fork excited so much wonder in little boys; and whose gesticulations and contortions of head, hand, and body, in beating time, were not outdone even by Joah Bates in the commemorations of Handel!

A good conceit or two bates of such a man, and makes a sensible weakening in him; and his brain recovers it not a year after.

"What'll Fagin say?" inquired the Dodger, and the question sobered Master Bates at once, as both boys stood in great dread of the Jew.

I am Bates from Glenarm House.

I was so thoroughly angry with myself that after idling along the shores for an hour I lost my way in the dark wood when I landed and brought up at the rear door used by Bates for communication with the villagers who supplied us with provender.

Missouri might be counted in the same category; but, as she voted steadily for Bates through all the ballots, she did not in any wise influence the result.

I heard Bates at the rear of the house and knew I had won the race by a scratch.

And Charlie Tagg sat there arf mad with temper, locking as though 'e could eat Jack Bates without any salt, as the saying is.

The stars were out and the moon was bright At the Junior Promenade, But all the glories of starlit night Were bated before the splendid sight Of that merry throngand my lady in white, At the Junior Promenade.

I kind o' calc'late 't won't pay to take the cretur's shoes 'n' hide off to-night,'n' the' won't be much iron on that hoss's huffs an haour after daylight, I'll bate ye a quarter.

He was beaten by the Jew, and then led off by Master Bates into an adjacent kitchen to go to bed.

The poet there says, "His hero, whom you wits his bully call, Bates of his mettle, and scarce rants at all; He's somewhat lewd, but a well-meaning mind, Weeps much, fights little, but is wondrous kind.