Wit without straining; neatness without starch;
Hinted, tho' hid; and decent, tho' tis arch;
No vile idea should disgrace a rebus—
SIC DICUNT MUSÆ, SIC EDICIT PHŒBUS."
T.W. (1)
[We are also indebted to R. P. for a similar Reply.]
Speculative Difficulties (Vol. iii., p. 477.).
—As L. M. M. R. is not certain as to the title and author of the book he inquires about, perhaps he may find it under the title of The Semi-sceptic, or the Common Sense of Religion considered, by the Rev. J. T. James, M.A.; London, 1825. This is a very unpretending but very beautiful work, of some 400 pages. The author died Bishop of Calcutta.
O. T. DOBBIN.