pearance, was introduced, ate his
chop in silence, and then fell asleep, snoring so loudly and
inharmoniously that conversation was disturbed. Some gentlemen of the
party made a noise, and the stranger, starting from his sleep, shouted
to Jerrold, "I know you, Mr. Jerrold; but you shall not make a butt of
me!"--"Then don't bring your _hog's head_ in here," was the prompt
reply.

CXXXVIII.--CRITICAL POLITENESS.

A YOUNG author reading a tragedy, perceived his auditor very often pull
off his hat at the end of a line, and asked him the reason. "I cannot
pass a very _old_ acquaintance," replied the critic, "without that
civility."

CXXXIX.--A GOOD PLACE.

A NOBLEMAN taking leave when going as ambassador, the king said to him,
"The principal instruction you require is, to observe a line of conduct
exactly the reverse to that of your predecessor."--"Sire," replied he,
"I will endeavor so to act that you shall not have occasion to give _my_
successor the like advice."

CXL.--A CABAL.

THE attempt to run over the King of the French with a cab, looked like a
conspiracy to overturn _monarchy_ by a _common-wheel_.

CXLI.--THE FIRE OF LONDON.

ONE speaking of the fire of London, said, "Cannon Street roared, Bread
Street was burnt to a crust, Crooked Lane was burnt straight, Addle Hill
staggered, Creed Lane would not believe it till it came, Distaff Lane
had sprung a fine thread, Ironmonger Lane was redhot, Seacoal Lane was
burnt to a cinder, Soper Lane was in the suds, the Poultry was too much
singed, Thames Street was dried up, Wood Street was burnt to ashes, Shoe
Lane was burnt to boot, Snow Hill was melted down, Pudding Lane and Pye
Corner were over baked."

CXLII.--A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT.

THE speeches made by P---- are _sound_,
It cannot be denied;
Granted; and then it will be found,
They're _little else_ beside.

CXLIII.--AN HONEST HORSE.

A DEALER once, selling a nag to a gentleman, frequently observed, with
emphatic earnestness, that "he was an _honest_ horse." After the
purchase the gentleman asked him what he meant by an honest horse. "Why,
sir," replied the seller, "whenever I rode him he always threatened to
_throw_ me, and he certainly never _deceived_ me."

CXLIV.--THE RETORT CUTTING.

BISHOPS SHERLOCK and HOADLY were both freshmen of the same year, at
Catherine Hall, Cambridge. The classical subject in which t