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1 Colonel Ronaldson Macdonell of Glengarry-who died in land, was permitted to act as deputy for his mother in that January, 1828. honourable office. After obtaining his Majesty's permission The Earl of Errol is hereditary Lord High-Constable of Honourable John M. Stuart, second son of the Earl of Moray. to depart for Dunrobin Castle, his place was supplied by the

Scotland.

3 In more correct Gaelic orthography, Banamhorar-Chat, or the Great Lady, (literally Female Lord of the Chatte;) the Celtic title of the Countess of Sutherland. "Evin unto this day, the countrey of Sutherland is yet called Cattey, the inhabitants Catteigh, and the Earl of Sutherland Morweir Cattey, in old Scottish or Irish; which language the inhabitants of this countrey doe still use."-GORDON'S Genealogical History of the Earls of Sutherland, p. 18. It was determined by his Majesty, that the right of carrying the sceptre lay with this noble family; and Lord Francis Leveson Gower, (now Egerton,) second son of the Countess (afterwards Duchess) of Suther

-ED.

4 The Author's friend and relation, the late Sir Alexander Keith, of Dunottar and Ravelstone.

5 MS." Rise up, Sir John, of projects rife,

And wuss him health and length of life,

And win the thanks of an auld wife."

The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart. author or "The Code of Health and Longevity," &c. &c.,-the wellknown patron and projecter of national and patriotic plans and improvements innumerable, died 21st December 1835, in his eighty-second year.-ED.

(3.)-CHAP. IV.

Ay, sir, the clouted shoe hath ofttimes craft in't,
As the rustic proverb; and your citizen,
says
In's grogram suit, gold chain, and well-black'd shoes,
Bears under his flat cap ofttimes a brain
Wiser than burns beneath the cap and feather,
Or seethes within the statesman's velvet nightcap.
Read me my Riddle.

(4.) CHAP. V.

Wherefore come ye not to court?
Certain 'tis the rarest sport;
There are silks and jewels glistening,
Prattling fools and wise men listening,
Bullies among brave men justling,
Beggars amongst nobles bustling;
Low-breath'd talkers, minion lispers,
Cutting honest throats by whispers;
Wherefore come ye not to court?
Skelton swears 'tis glorious sport.

Skelton Skeltonizeth.

(5.)-CHAP. VI.

O, I do know him-'tis the mouldy lemon
Which our court wits will wet their lips withal,
When they would sauce their honied conversation
With somewhat sharper flavour.-Marry, sir,
That virtue's wellnigh left him--all the juice
That was so sharp and poignant, is squeezed out;
While the poor rind, although as sour as ever,
Must season soon the draff we give our grunters,
For two-legg'd things are weary on't.

The Chamberlain-A Comedy.

(6.)-CHAP. VII.

Things needful we have thought on; but the thing Of all most needful-that which Scripture terms, As if alone it merited regard,

The ONE thing needful-that 's yet unconsider'd. The Chamberlain.

(7.)-CHAP. VIII.

Ah! mark the matron well-and laugh not, Harry,
At her old steeple-hat and velvet guard—
I've call'd her like the ear of Dionysius;

I mean that ear-form'd vault, built o'er the dungeon,
To catch the groans and discontented murmurs
Of his poor bondsmen.-Even so doth Martha
Drink up,
for her own purpose, all that passes,
Or is supposed to pass, in this wide city-
She can retail it too, if that her profit
Shall call on her to do so; and retail it
For your advantage, so that you can make
Your profit jump with hers.

(8.)-CHAP. X.

The Conspiracy.

Bid not thy fortune troll upon the wheels Of yonder dancing cubs of mottled bone; And drown it not, like Egypt's royal harlot,

Dissolving her rich pearl in the brimm'd wine-cup
"These are the arts, Lothario, which shrink acres
Into brief yards-bring sterling pounds to farthings,
Credit to infamy; and the poor gull,

Who might have lived an honour'd, easy life,
To ruin, and an unregarded grave.
The Changes.

(9.)-CHAP. XII.

This is the very barn-yard,

Where muster daily the prime cocks o' the game,
Ruffle their pinions, crow till they are hoarse,
And spar about a barleycorn. Here, too, chickens.
The callow, unfledged brood of forward folly,
Learn first to rear the crest, and aim the spur,
And tune their note like full-plumed Chanticleer.
The Bear Garden.

(10.) CHAP. XIII.

Let the proud salmon gorge the feather'd hook, Then strike, and then you have him.-He will wince; Spin out your line that it shall whistle from you Some twenty yards or so, yet you shall have himMarry! you must have patience the stout rock Which is his trust, hath edges something sharp; And the deep pool hath ooze and sludge enough To mar your fishing-'less you are more careful. Albion or the Double Kings.

(11.)-CHAP. XVI.

Give way-give way-I must and will have justice.
And tell me not of privilege and place;
Where I am injured, there I'll sue redress.
Look to it, every one who bars my access;

I have a heart to feel the injury,

A hand to right myself, and, by my honour,
That hand shall grasp what grey-beard Law denies

me.

The Chamberlain.

(12.)-CHAP. XVII.

Come hither, young one-Mark me! Thou art now
'Mongst men o' the sword, that live by reputation
More than by constant income-Single-suited
They are, I grant you; yet each single suit
Maintains, on the rough guess, a thousand followers-
And they be men, who, hazarding their all,
Needful apparel, necessary income,
And human body, and immortal soul,
Do in the very deed but hazard nothing---
So strictly is that ALL bound in reversion;
Clothes to the broker, income to the usurer,-
And body to disease, and soul to the foul fiend;
Who laughs to see Soldadoes and fooladoes,
Play better than himself his game on earth.
The Mohocks.

(13.) CHAP. XVIII.

Mother. What! dazzled by a flash of Cupid's mirror, With which the boy, as mortal urchins wont,

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Necessity-thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention-

Anonymous.

You shall have no worse prison than my chamber, Help us to composition! Nor jailer than myself.

The Captain.

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He was a fellow in a peasant's garb;
Yet one could censure you a woodcock's carving,
Like any courtier at the ordinary.

(8.)-CHAP. XXIV.

The Ordinary.

We meet, as men see phantoms in a dream,
Which glide and sigh, and sign, and move their lips,
But make no sound; or, if they utter voice,
"Tis but a low and undistinguish'd moaning,
Which has nor word nor sense of utter'd sound.

The Chieftain.

(9.)-CHAP. XXV. The course of human life is changeful still As is the fickle wind and wandering rill;

The Black Dog of Newgate.

(14.)-CHAP. XXXVIII.

Speak not of niceness, when there's chance of

wreck,"

The captain said, as ladies writhed their neck

To see the dying dolphin flap the deck:
"If we go down, on us these gentry sup;

We dine upon them, if we haul them up.
Wise men applaud us when we eat the eaters,
As the devil laughs when keen folks cheat the cheat-
ers."
The Sea Voyage.

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