Therefore his friends, unless a special commission be given to them for that purpose, feel unwilling to break the gay circle of conviviality, and are individually shy of asking for what almost every one wishes.—Kitchiner.
Though much has been done, the orthography of the Dutch language can hardly be considered as positively fixed. A witty writer and one who has biographized the Dutch poets with some severity, but much talent, says—
Spell—"Wereld "—so sets up Siegenbeek, and then
Comes Bilderdyk, and flings it down again.
He will have "Wareld"—'Tis a pretty quarrel
Shall I determine who shall wear the laurel:
Not I!—I like them both—and so I'll say
"Waereld"—and each shall have his own dear way.