Seizing this handful of straw with a death-grip, and bidding my three friends bury me honorably, I got upon my legs to save both countries, or perish in the attempt. The tables roared and thundered at me, and suddenly were silent again. But, as I have never happened to stand in a position of greater dignity and peril, I deem it a stratagem of sage policy here to close these Sketches, leaving myself still erect in so heroic an attitude.
INDEX
Actress, an, in an almshouse, [507];
starving for admiration, [508].
Addison, early home of, 215;
buried among the men of rank, [456].
Advice, as to giving, 42.
Ailsa Craig, [358].
Alexander, Miss, the Lass of Ballochmyle, [344].
Almshouse, a great English, [498]-[522].
American flags, captured, displayed in Chelsea Hospital, [435].