Is grey hairs—a-top, Sir!
FAMILIAR PHRASE EXPLAINED.
Robinson. "Well, old Chap, how did you sleep last Night?"
Smith (who had dined out). "'Like a Top.' As soon as my Head touched the Pillow, it went round and round!"
NINETY YEAR!
["In the retrospect of ninety years there is a pathetic mixture of gratitude for ample opportunities, and humiliation for insignificant performances."—Dr. James Martineau, on his Ninetieth Birthday.]
Air—Thackeray's "Age of Wisdom"