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t has been done _already_." A similar story is told of Voltaire and the Regent of France. DCLXIII.--KITCHENER AND COLMAN. THE most celebrated wits and _bon vivants_ of the day graced the dinner-table of the late Dr. Kitchener, and, _inter alia_, the late George Colman, who was an especial favorite; his interpolation of a little monosyllable in a written admonition which the Doctor caused to be placed on the mantlepiece of the dining parlor will never be forgotten, and was the origin of such a drinking bout as was seldom permitted under his roof. The caution ran thus: "Come at seven, go at eleven." Colman briefly altered the sense of it; for, upon the Doctor's attention being directed to the card, he read, to his astonishment, "Come at seven, _go it_ at eleven!" which the guests did, and the claret was punished accordingly. DCLXIV.--A SPARE MAN. JERROLD said to a very thin man, "Sir, you are like a pin, but without the head or the point." DCLXV.--A LONG BILL. WHEN Foote was at Salt Hill, he dined at the Castle Inn, and when Partridge, the host, produced his bill, which was rather exorbitant, the comedian asked him his name. "Partridge, sir," said he. "Partridge! It should have been Woodcock, _by the length of your bill_!" DCLXVI.--ROYAL PUN. WHEN a noble Admiral of the White, well known for his gallant spirit, his gentlemanly manners, and real goodness of heart, was introduced to William the Fourth, to return thanks for his promotion, the cheerful and affable monarch, looking at his hair, which was almost as white as the newly-fallen snow, jocosely exclaimed, "White at _the main_, Admiral! white at _the main_!" DCLXVII.--A COLORABLE RESEMBLANCE. TWO silly brothers, twins, who were very much about town in Theodore Hook's time, took pains, by dressing alike, to deceive their friends as to their identity. Tom Hill (the original of Paul Pry) was expatiating upon these modern Dromios, at which Hook grew impatient. "Well," said Hill, "you will admit they resemble each other wonderfully: they are as like as _two peas_."--"They are," retorted Hook, "and quite as _green_." DCLXVIII.--SPRANGER BARRY. THIS celebrated actor was, perhaps, in no part so excellent as that of _Romeo_, for which he was particularly fitted by an uncommonly handsome and commanding person, and a silver-toned voice. At the time that he attracted the town to Covent Garden b
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