MCC.—AN INSURMOUNTABLE DIFFICULTY.
Booth, the tragedian, had a broken nose. A lady once remarked to him, "I like your acting, Mr. Booth; but, to be frank with you,—I can't get over your nose!"—"No wonder, madam," replied he, "the bridge is gone!"
MCCI.—NON COMPOS.
It is remarkable that —— is of an exceedingly cheerful disposition, though the very little piece of mind he possesses is proverbial.
MCCII.—TOO LIBERAL.
A writer in one of the Reviews was boasting that he was in the habit of distributing literary reputation. "Yes," replied his friend, "and you have done it so profusely that you have left none for yourself."
MCCIII.—A LITTLE RAIN.
How monarchs die is easily explained,
For thus upon their tombs it might be chiselled;
As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned,
And then he mizzled!
MCCIV.—TRUE DIGNITY.
P—— had a high respect for the literary character. At a great man's house a stranger stopped that P—— might enter the room before him. "Pass, sir," said the master of the house, "it is only Mr. P——, the author."—"As my rank is mentioned," cried P., "I shall claim the preference"; and accordingly took the lead.