[4] The reply was brisk and animated--"Your lordship
must apply to some one older than me, for I am incapable of answering
the question."
[4] Ninety.
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BOW-STREET WIT.
Over the fire-place at the public office, Bow-street is a likeness of
the celebrated Sir John Fielding _Knight_, who was at the head of this
establishment after _losing his sight_. A gentleman, a few days ago,
observed that Fielding was a great encourager of _thieving_. "How so?"
asked his friend. "Why don't you know he was a _dark-knight_."
P.T.W.
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The following epitaph is on the tomb of David Birkenhead, in Davenham
churchyard, Cheshire:
"A tailor by profession,
And in the practice, a plain and honest man:
He was a useful member of society;
For, though he picked holes in no man's coat,
He was ever ready to repair
The mischief that others did;
And whatever _breaches_ broke out in _families_,
He was the man to mend _all_,
And make matters up _again_:
He lived and died respected."
Forty years' service in Lord Penryhn's family induced Lady Penryhn to
bestow this stone to his memory.
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AXIOM.
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