. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. t reminded you of Quick or Liston in Old saw that he was not slow, at least, at a quirk or quip,—not back-ward at repartee,—not behindhand with his jest,—in short, that he wasa great wit thouL;h he could not jump. There was something, besides, in his physiognomy, as well as hisdress and figure, that strongly indicated his locality. He was palpablya dweller, if not a native, ot tiiat clime distinguished equally by therage of the vulture, and the love of the turtle,—the good old City otLondon. But an accident soon confirmed my surm
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. t reminded you of Quick or Liston in Old saw that he was not slow, at least, at a quirk or quip,—not back-ward at repartee,—not behindhand with his jest,—in short, that he wasa great wit thouL;h he could not jump. There was something, besides, in his physiognomy, as well as hisdress and figure, that strongly indicated his locality. He was palpablya dweller, if not a native, ot tiiat clime distinguished equally by therage of the vulture, and the love of the turtle,—the good old City otLondon. But an accident soon confirmed my surmises. In plucking out his handkerchief from one of his capacious coat-pockets, the bandana tumbled out with a large roll of manuscript;and as he proceeded a good hundred yards before he discovered the • Comic Annual, 1831. 568 MILLER REDIVIVUS. loss, I had ample time before he struggled back, in his Crawly Common pace, to the spot, to give the paper a hastj perusal, and even tomake a few random extracts. The MS. purported to be a Collection. Fancy Portrait:—Mr Hobler. of Civic Facetiae from the Mayoralty of Alderman * * * * up to thepresent time : and, from certain hints scattered up and down, theRecorder evidently considered hnnself to have been, lor wise saws orwitty, the t(;p sawyer. Not to forestall the pleasure of self-publication;I shall avoid all that are, or may be, his own sayings, and give onlysuchy^«jr de mots as have a distinct parentage. EXTRACTS FROM THE MS. Alderman F. was very hard of hearing, and Alderman B. wns veryhard on his infirmity. One day a dumb man was broujjht to theJustice-room charged with passing ijad notes. B. declined to enterupon the case. Go to Alderman F., he said : when a dumb manutters^ a deaf one ought to hear it. B. was equally hard on Alderman linen-drapery. One dayhe came late into court. * I have just come, said he, from had family prayers last night, and began thus—Now let us readthe Psalm Nunc Dimities
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