Make us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to those we know too much of.
——:o:——
Paterfamilias as Hamlet.
Ham.—To bake, or not to bake, that is the question:—
Whether ’tis better for ourselves to make
Digestive, light, sweet, wholesome home-made bread;
Or to take in tradesmen’s loaves against our sense,
And, nothing heeding, eat them?—To eat—eat what?—
The trough’s abominations without end: