The writing, I am bound to confess, was beautifully clear and good. The composition was given both in Latin and English, while the corrections by Bishop Burnet could plainly be seen in the margin:
"Composition of William, Duke of Gloucester.
"A Tyrant is a savage hideous beast. Imagine that you saw a certain monster armed on all sides with 500 horns on all sides dreadfull fatned with humane intrails drunken with humane blood this is the fatal mischiefe whom they call a Tyrant.
"William.
"June 13, 1700."
The pen of this little scholar was soon after laid aside forever. After a short illness of five days, he died, July 30, 1700.
[OLD LIGHT'S JOKE.]
"I say, have your folks got a horse?"
"Yes, we have, and I'm a-going to lead him down to water by-and-by."
"Is it your own horse?"