I am no subject for your mirth."—"Pass on, Sir!

And buy elsewhere."—Now tell me, is not this

Bitterer than gall?—J. A. St. John.


Diphilus. (Book vi. §6, p. 356.)

I once believed the fishmongers at Athens

Were rogues beyond all others. 'Tis not so;

The tribe are all the same, go where you will,

Deceitful, avaricious, plotting knaves,

And rav'nous as wild-beasts. But we have one