. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . l-bottomed wig and a hogshead of porter!Oh! twas base to be treated everywhere with po-liteness and liospitality, and in return invidiouslyto smellfungus them all over; to go to the countryof Kate of Aberdeen, of Auld Eobin Gray, midstrural innocence and sweetness, take up their plaids,and dance. O Doctor, Doctor. And what would you say, Fragrantia, if youwere to write a * Tour to the Hebrides V — Peaceto the heroes, replied she in a delicate and theatri- 216 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF cal toue ; peace to the heroes who sleep in theisle o
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . l-bottomed wig and a hogshead of porter!Oh! twas base to be treated everywhere with po-liteness and liospitality, and in return invidiouslyto smellfungus them all over; to go to the countryof Kate of Aberdeen, of Auld Eobin Gray, midstrural innocence and sweetness, take up their plaids,and dance. O Doctor, Doctor. And what would you say, Fragrantia, if youwere to write a * Tour to the Hebrides V — Peaceto the heroes, replied she in a delicate and theatri- 216 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF cal toue ; peace to the heroes who sleep in theisle of lona; the sons of the wave, and the chiefs ofthe dark-browu shield ! The tear of the sympathiz-ing stranger is scattered by the wind over the hoarystones as she meditated sorrowfully on the times ofold. Such could I say, sitting upon some druidicalheap or tumulus. The fact is this, there is a rightand wrong handle to every thing; and there is morepleasure in thinking with pure nobility of heart,than with the illiberal enmities and sarcasm of BAEON MUNCHAUSEN. 217
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