Pictures from English literature . of Alloway is close at hand, and if he can win the keystone, and put runningwater between him and his pursuers, he is a saved man, and Meg may tossher tail at them. So he presses Maggie to the top of her speed. On, on!—the foot of the bridge is gained, and another stretch will clear its centre. But ere the keystane she could make,The fient a tail she had to shake !For Nannie, far before the rest,Hard upon noble Maggie prest,And flew at Tam wi furious ettle ;But little wist she Maggies mettle—Ae spring brought off her master hale,But left behind her ain gray t
Pictures from English literature . of Alloway is close at hand, and if he can win the keystone, and put runningwater between him and his pursuers, he is a saved man, and Meg may tossher tail at them. So he presses Maggie to the top of her speed. On, on!—the foot of the bridge is gained, and another stretch will clear its centre. But ere the keystane she could make,The fient a tail she had to shake !For Nannie, far before the rest,Hard upon noble Maggie prest,And flew at Tam wi furious ettle ;But little wist she Maggies mettle—Ae spring brought off her master hale,But left behind her ain gray tail:The carline claught her by the rump,And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. The chase is over. Tam has escaped with the skin of his teeth, and poorMeg with the loss of her tail. Let us pause to take breath—as, no doubt,Tam and Meg did—and to moralise, as Tam didnt, but the poet did for him. Whaneer to drink you are inclined,Or cutty-sarks run in your mind,Think, ye may buy the joys owre dear—Remember Tam OShanters THE HEIR-AT-LAW. If George Colman the Younger does not hold a very high place amongstdramatic writers, he has, nevertheless, produced some comedies that weredeservedly popular in his own day, and keep the stage even in ours. He hada keen sense of the humorous, and his Random Recollections show that hewas an acute observer of life, and are the most amusing memoirs of the dramawhich we possess. Of his dramas, The Iron Chest was the ablest and moststriking, though it failed on the stage. John Bull was a great success, andgained the commendation of Sir Walter Scott. There is, however, anotherof his pieces, The Heir-at-Law, that abounds in broad, farcical humour,and much just sentiment, while it has the merit of exhibiting a characterthat may fairly be considered an original conception. We allude to , a name which has become the synonym for one of those graduatesof the less distinguished universities whose degrees were obtained with littlemoney
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