The Conceit of the World.—"There isn't a mite" (says Lavater), "but what fancies itself the cheese."
"WE NEVER SELL OUR APPOINTMENTS."
(Dedicated, without permission, to the Honourable Directors of the East India Company.)
John Bright is a pestilent fellow,
Always ready for making a fight,
But of all his low bluster and bellow,
We East India Directors make light.
Some appointments (we do not mind telling him)