h of whiskey instead. This he drank
off, and pushing the loaf towards the shopkeeper, was departing, when
demand of payment was made for the whiskey.

"Sure, and haven't I _given_ ye the loaf for the whiskey?"

"Well, but you did not _pay_ for the loaf, you know."

"Thrue, and why should I? don't you see, I _didn't take_ the loaf, man
alive?" And away he quietly walked, leaving the worthy dealer lost in a
brown study.

DCCXLVI.--A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

MR. HAWKINS, Q.C., engaged in a cause before the late Lord Campbell, had
frequently to mention the damage done to a carriage called a Brougham,
and this word he pronounced, according to its orthography, _Brough-am_.

"If my learned friend will adopt the usual designation, and call the
carriage a _Bro'am_, it will save the time of the court," said Lord
Campbell, with a smile.

Mr. Hawkins bowed and accepted his Lordship's pronunciation of the word
during the remainder of his speech. When Lord Campbell proceeded to sum
up the evidence, he had to refer to the Omnibus which had damaged the
Bro'am, and in doing so pronounced the word also, according to its
orthography. "I beg your Lordship's pardon," said Mr. Hawkins, very
respectfully; "but if your Lordship will use the common designation for
such a vehicle, and call it a 'Buss--" The loud laughter which ensued,
and in which his Lordship joined, prevented the conclusion of the
sentence.

DCCXLVII.--TRUE POLITENESS.

SIR W.G., when governor of Williamsburg, returned the salute of a negro
who was passing. "Sir," said a gentleman present, "do you descend to
salute a slave?"--"Why, yes," replied the governor; "I cannot suffer a
man of his condition to _exceed_ me in _good manners_."

DCCXLVIII.--A RAKE'S ECONOMY.

WITH cards and dice, and dress and friends,
My savings are complete;
I light the candle at both ends,
And thus make both ends meet.

DCCXLIX.--EASILY SATISFIED.

A COWARDLY fellow having spoken impertinently to a gentleman, received a
violent box of the ear. He demanded whether that was meant in _earnest_.
"Yes, sir," replied the other, without hesitation. The coward turned
away, saying, "I am glad of it, sir, for I do not like such _jests_."

DCCL.--PERT.

MACKLIN was once annoyed at Foote laughing and talking just as the
former was about to begin a lecture. "Well, sir, you seem to be very
merry there; but do you know what I am