"The Englishman's House (says the Proverb) is his Castle;" and so it is, but then it is a castle which is subject to many attacks (such as the House Tax, Poor Tax, &c. &c.), and which requires for its defence no end of shot. The expenses of its support are fearful—so much so, that frequently is the castle swallowed up in its keep.
A Reflection (By Mechi).—It is not the sharpest blades that always are the truest steel.
THE REMONSTRANCE.
London Merchant. "Why, what is the use of your being in a Respectable House of Business if you proceed in this absurd, vulgar manner? Now, take my word for it, unless you mend very considerably, you will go on from bad to worse. You will become a petty Huckster; from that you will, in all probability, get to be a mere Common Councilman; then an Alderman; when, after a course of Gluttony and Tom-Foolery, painful to think of, you will make a ridiculous termination to your Contemptible Career by actually becoming a LORD MAYOR!"