WALLER, THE COURTIER-POET.
Waller wrote a fine panegyric on Cromwell, when he assumed the Protectorship. Upon the restoration of Charles, Waller wrote another in praise of him, and presented it to the King in person. After his Majesty had read the poem, he told Waller that he wrote a better on Cromwell. “Please your Majesty,” said Waller, like a true courtier, “we poets are always more happy in fiction than in truth.”
ANECDOTES
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Part II.
Compiler of “Anecdotes of Lawyers, Doctors and Parsons.”—“Inventions, Discoveries,” &c., &c.—“Standard Jest Book.”—“Railway Book of Fun.”—“Traveller’s New Book of Fun.”—“Modern Joe Miller.”—“Best Sayings of the Best Authors.”—“Rule of Life.”—“Maxims for Everyday Life,” and “Art of Conversation.”