The Table book; . by a visit from his sweetheart;after escorting her over the city, and beni^fatigued with showing her what she hac neer zeed in all her life, he knocketjloudly at the door of a house in the Cres-cent, against which a hatchment wasplaced, and on the appearance of the pow-dered butler, boldly ordered two glassesof scalded wine, as hot as thee canst maktit. The man, starinij, informed him hecould tiave no scalded wine there—twas nopublic-house. Then dose thee head,replied Somerset, whatst hang out thiivthere zmn var. INSCRIPTION For a Tomb to the Memory of CaptatkHewitson, oi THE
The Table book; . by a visit from his sweetheart;after escorting her over the city, and beni^fatigued with showing her what she hac neer zeed in all her life, he knocketjloudly at the door of a house in the Cres-cent, against which a hatchment wasplaced, and on the appearance of the pow-dered butler, boldly ordered two glassesof scalded wine, as hot as thee canst maktit. The man, starinij, informed him hecould tiave no scalded wine there—twas nopublic-house. Then dose thee head,replied Somerset, whatst hang out thiivthere zmn var. INSCRIPTION For a Tomb to the Memory of CaptatkHewitson, oi THE Ship, Town of Ul- VERSTON. By James Montgomery, Esq. Weep for a seaman, honest and sincere,>\it cast away, but brough: ro anchor here ; . erwbelind him. bui the coDsciou* , and -esigna him to the grave:Jr larbour, safe from shipwreck, now ae . Times .ast signa; blazes through skiMtBflhned in a moment, then shall het^teIl from tbi^ port on an elemai adSb. 94 THE TABLE MY SNUFF-BOX. He only who is noseless himself willdeem this a trifling article. My primeminister of pleasure is my snuff-box. TheofRce grew out of my liking a pinch, nowand then, and carrying a bit of snuff,screwed up in paper, wherewith, some twoor three times a day, I delighted to treatmyself to a sensation, and a sneeze. HadI kept a journal of my snuff-taking businessfrom that time, it would have been as in-structive as the life of that learned anti-quary, Elias Ashmole, Esq., drawn up byhimself by way of diary ; in submittingwhich to the world, its pains-taking editorsays, that such works * let us into the secrethistory of the affairs of their several times,discover the springs of motion, and displaymany valuable, though minute circum-stances, overlooked or unknown to ourgeneral historians; and, to conclude all,satiate our largest curiosity. A compa-rative view of the important annals of , and some reminiscent incidents of my snuffj>taking, I reserve
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