On reading in a provincial paper,[3] a passage entitled, "Ornaments of the Bench and Bar."
Imitate no one you despise,
Said one whose mind was great,
Did he not think? despise not him
You cannot imitate.
TALBOTE.
SIMPLICITY.
Major R—— was not long since riding near a building which presented to his admiring gaze a fine specimen of antique Saxon architecture. Desirous to learn something respecting it, he made some inquiries of a man, who as it happened was the souter of the village. This learned wight informed the inquisitive stranger that the building in question was reckoned a noble specimen of Gothic architecture, and was built by the Romans, who came over with Julius Caesar. "Friend," said the Major, "you make anachronisms." "No, no, Sir," replied the man, "indeed I don't make anachronisms, for I never made any thing but shoes in my life."