The blowing bloated beast;
'Tis hard to swear which of the pair
Of brains possesses least.
21. Ladies scold least.
Pray what's the reason they have less to say?
Why, simply this, that 'tis the shortest day.
25. Dine out (if you can).
Christmas upsets the world:—a very slow pull
Have foreign places: Turkey's deem'd divine;
But who cares twopence for Constantinople;