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A most terrible knave and a bite, Who cheated his mother, His sister and brother."-- "O yes," replied More, "that is _Wright_." CDXXV.--KNOWING HIS MAN. A MAN was brought before Lord Mansfield, charged with stealing a silver ladle, and the counsel for the crown was rather severe upon the prisoner for being an attorney. "Come, come," said his lordship, "don't exaggerate matters; if the fellow had been an _attorney_, he would have _stolen the bowl_ as well as the ladle." CDXXVI.--A SMALL GLASS. THE manager of a Scotch theatre, at which F.G. Cooke was playing _Macbeth_, seeing him greatly exhausted towards the close of the performance, offered him some whiskey in a very small thistle-glass, saying at the same time, by way of encouragement, "Take that, Mr. Cooke; take that, sir; it is the real mountain dew; that will never hurt you, sir!"--"_Not if it was vitriol_!" was the rejoinder. CDXXVII.--DOMESTIC ECONOMY. THE following bill of fare (which consists of a dish of fish, a joint of meat, a couple of fowls, vegetables, and a pudding, being in all seven dishes for sevenpence!) had its rise in an invitation which a _young_ lady of forty-seven sent to her lover to dine with her on Christmas Day. To unite taste and economy is no easy thing; but to show her lover she had learned that difficult art, she gave him the following dinner:-- L s. d. At top, fish, two herrings 0 0 1 Middle, one ounce and a half of butter, melted 0 0 0-3/4 Bottom, a mutton chop, divided 0 0 2 On one side, one pound of small potatoes 0 0 0-1/2 On the other side, pickled cabbage 0 0 0-1/2 First remove, two larks, plenty of crumbs 0 0 1-1/2 Mutton removed, French-roll boiled for a pudding 0 0 0-1/2 Parsley for garnish 0 0 0-1/4 ---------- L0 0 7 --Seven dishes for sevenpence! CDXXVIII.--AN EMPTY HEAD. OF a light, frivolous, flighty girl, whom Jerrold met frequently, he said, "That girl has no more head than a periwinkle." CDXXIX.--A BAD LABEL. TOM bought a gallon of gin to take home; and, by way of a label, wrote his name upon a card, which happened to be the seven of
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