s the son of a tavern-keeper
in St. James's, and is still living at Calais.

12 The brothers are part of a flock of R------r geese, who
have afforded fine plucking for the Greeks. Parson Ambrose,
the high priest of Pandemonium, had a leg of one and a wing
of the other devilled for supper one night at the Gothic
Hall. They have cut but a lame figure ever since.

13 A quaint cognomen given to the city banker by the west-
end beaux;--he is a very amiable man.

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Who never plays for heavy stakes,
But looks to the main chance.
There's Georgy W-b-ll, all the go,{14}
The mould of fashion,--the court beau,
Since Brummell fled to France:
His bright brass harness, and the gray,
The well known black cabriolet,
Is always latest there;
The reason,--George, with Captain P------
The lady-killing coterie,
Come late--to catch the fair.
See W-s-r, who with pious love,{15}
For her, who's sainted now above,
A sister kindly takes;
So, as the ancient proverb tells,
"The best of husbands, modern belles,
Are your reformed rakes."
In splendid mis'ry down the ride
Alone,--see ****** lady glide,{16}
Neglected for a--------.
What's fame, or titles, wealth's increase,
Compared unto the bosom's peace?
They're bubbles,--nothing more.

14 George, although a _roue_ of the most superlative order,
is not deficient in good sense and agreeable qualifications.
Since poor Beau Brummell's removal from the hemisphere of
fashion, George has certainly shone a planet of the first
magnitude: among the fair he is also considered like his
friend, Captain P-r-y, a perfect lady-killer:--many a little
milliner's girl has had cause to regret the seductive notes
of A.Z.B. Limmer's Hotel.

15 The Marquis of W-c-t-r has, since his first wife's death,
married her sister.--Reformation, we are happy to perceive,
is the order of the day. The failure of Howard and Gibbs
involved more than one noble family in embarrassments.

16 The amours of this child of fortune are notorious both on
the continent and in this country. It is very often the
misfortune of great men to be degraded by great profligacy
of conduct: t