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unsuccessful opponent of Jemmy.

"Surely not,"{3} said another most emphatically, taking a pinch of
snuff, and offering it to the shoemaker; "for you know Jemmy may come to
the finch before John."

1 "Mighty."--This high sounding title has recently been
given to a full glass of ale,--the usual quantity of what is
termed a glass being half a pint, generally supplied in a
large glass which would hold more--and which when filled is
consequently subjected to an additional charge.

2 To those who are in the habit of frequenting the house,
this gentleman will immediately be known, as he usually
smokes his pipe there of an afternoon and evening.

"With his friend and his pipe puffing sorrow away, And with
honest old stingo still soaking his clay."

With a certain demonstration before him of the mortality of
human life, he deposits the bodies of his friends and
neighbours in the earth, and buries the recollection of them
in a cloud, determined, it should seem, to verify the words
of the song, that

"The right end of life is to live and be jolly."

His countenance and manners seldom fail to excite
risibility, not-withstanding the solemnity of his calling,
and there can be little doubt but he is the finisher of
many, after the Finish; he is, however, generally good
humoured, communicative, and facetious, and seldom refuses
to see any person in company for a mighty, usually
concluding the result with a mirthful ditty, or a doleful
countenance, according to the situation in which he is left
as a winner or a loser; and in either case accompanied with
a brightness of visage, or a dull dismal countenance,
indicative of the event, which sets description at defiance,
and can only be judged of by being seen.

3 "Surely not," are words in such constant use by one
gentleman who is frequently to be met in this room, that the
character alluded to can scarcely be mistaken: he is partial
to a pinch of snuff, but seldom carries a box of his own. He
is a resident in the neighbour-hood, up to snuff, and
probably, like other men, sometimes snuffy; this, however,
without disparagement to his general character, which is
that of a respectable tradesman. He is fond of a lark, a
bit of gig, and an argument; has a partiality for good
living, a man o