Lord Byron, in reference to a lady he thought ill of, writes, "Lady —— has been dangerously ill; but it may console you to learn that she is dangerously well again."
CDXV.—EPIGRAM.
(On Lord E—nb——h's pericranium.)
Let none because of its abundant locks,
Deceive themselves by thinking for a minute,
That dandy E—nb——h's "knowledge-box"
Has anything worth larceny within it.
CDXVI.—A NEW SCHOLAR.
A Californian gold digger having become rich, desired a friend to procure for him a library of books. The friend obeyed, and received a letter of thanks thus worded: "I am obliged to you for the pains of your selection. I particularly admire a grand religious poem about Paradise, by a Mr. Milton, and a set of plays (quite delightful) by a Mr. Shakespeare. If these gentlemen should write and publish anything more, be sure and send me their new works."
CDXVII.—PUTTING A STOP TO PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.
Jemmy Gordon, meeting the prosecutor of a felon, named Pilgrim, who was convicted and sentenced to be transported at the Cambridge assizes, exclaimed, "You have done, sir, what the Pope of Rome could never do; you have put a stop to Pilgrim's Progress!"
CDXVIII.—EPIGRAM.
Life is a lottery where we find
That fortune plays full many a prank;
And when poor —— got his mind,
'Twas fortune made him draw a blank.