Miss Brown, not at
all more able to give a good account of herself in these articles than
in the others, began all her answers with 'Why, sir, one need not be
obliged to do so,--or so,' whatever was the thing in question. When he
had finished his interrogatories, and she had finished her 'need nots,'
he ended the discourse with saying, 'As to your needs, my dear, they are
so very many that you would be frightened yourself if you knew half of
them.'"
"IRENE"
[Sidenote: _Samuel Johnson_]
"I was told," wrote Sir Walter Scott, "that a gentleman called Pot, or
some such name, was introduced to Johnson as a particular admirer of
his. The doctor growled and took no further notice. "He admires in
especial your _Irene_ as the finest tragedy of modern times;" to which
the Doctor replied: "If Pot says so, Pot Lies!" and relapsed into his
reverie.
ODE TO PEACE
[Sidenote: _Hood_]
WRITTEN ON THE NIGHT OF MY MISTRESS'S GRAND ROUT
O Peace! oh come with me and dwell--
But stop, for there's the bell.
O peace! for thee I go and sit in churches,
On Wednesday, when there's very few
In loft or pew--
Another ring, the tarts are come from Birch's.
O Peace! for thee I have avoided marriage--
Hush! there's a carriage.
O Peace! thou art the best of earthly goods--
The five Miss Woods.
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