(On Bishop ——'s Religion.)
Though not a Catholic, his lordship has,
'Tis plain, strong disposition to a-mass (a mass).
MDCXCV.—POSSIBLE CENSORS.
Dr. Cadogan was boasting of the eminence of his profession, and spoke loudly against the injustice of the world, which was so satirical against it; "but," he added, "I have escaped, for no one complains of me."—"That is more than you can tell, doctor," said a lady who was present, "unless you know what people say in the other world."
MDCXCVI.—A CONNUBIAL COMPLIMENT.
A lady, walking with her husband at the seaside, inquired of him the difference between exportation and transportation. "Why, my dear," he replied, "if you were on board yonder vessel, leaving England, you would be exported, and I should be transported!"
MDCXCVII.—DOUBLE SIGHT.
A man with one eye laid a wager with another man, that he (the one-eyed person) saw more than the other. The wager was accepted. "You have lost," says the first; "I can see the two eyes in your face, and you can see only one in mine."
MDCXCVIII.—WITTY AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.
Sheridan was once asked by a gentleman: "How is it that your name has not an O prefixed to it? Your family is Irish, and no doubt illustrious."—"No family," replied Sheridan, "has a better right to an O than our family; for, in truth, we owe everybody."