. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. was not to be oveicome ; she \\ould have fat-tened on sour krout. My Uncle, on the other hand, decreased daily. Originally a littleman, he became lean, shrunken, wizened. There was a predispositionin his constitution that made him spare, and kept him so : he wouldhave fallen off, even on brewer s grains. It was the common joke of the neighbourhood to designate my Aunt,my Uncle, and the infant Shakerly, as WHOLESALE, RETAIL, andFOR Exportation ; and in truth, they were not inapt impersonationsof that popular inscription—my Aunt a giantess,
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. was not to be oveicome ; she \\ould have fat-tened on sour krout. My Uncle, on the other hand, decreased daily. Originally a littleman, he became lean, shrunken, wizened. There was a predispositionin his constitution that made him spare, and kept him so : he wouldhave fallen off, even on brewer s grains. It was the common joke of the neighbourhood to designate my Aunt,my Uncle, and the infant Shakerly, as WHOLESALE, RETAIL, andFOR Exportation ; and in truth, they were not inapt impersonationsof that popular inscription—my Aunt a giantess, my Uncle a pigmy,and the child being carried abroad. Alas ! of the three departments, nothing now remains but the Retailportion—my uncle, a pennyworth, a mere sample. It is upon record th it Dr Watts, though a puny man in person, tooka fancy, towards his latter d;!v s, that he was too large to pass througha door—an error which Death shortly corrected by taking him throughhis own portal. My unhappy Aunt, with more show of reason, indulged :^^s:. >)
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