In doing so research on the word “tumbril” I found: “His rickety “tumberill” (a wagon that can be tilted to dump a load) aptly represents his filth-filled body subject to decay and death.” It was an essay by William J. Scheick a professor at U Texas (https://liberalarts.ut...
“Weaver, corrupter of the present age, Who first taught silent sins upon the stage.” That the Covent Garden manager, John Rich, [4] could engage four French dancers, and a German with two dogs, taught to dance the _Louvre_ and the _Minuet_, at ten pounds a night, and clear there...