The author illustrates this
very important principle by the population returns both of England and
France.
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THE GATHERER.
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.
SHAKSPEARE.
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On reading in a provincial paper,[3] a passage entitled, "_Ornaments
of the Bench and Bar_."
Imitate no one you despise,
_Said_ one _whose_ mind was _great_,
Did he not _think_? despise not him
You _cannot_ imitate.
TALBOTE.
[3] The Manchester Courier, 25th July.
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SIMPLICITY.
Major R---- was not long since riding near a building which presented
to his admiring gaze a fine specimen of antique Saxon architecture.
Desirous to learn something respecting it, he made some inquiries of
a man, who as it happened was the _souter_ of the village. This
learned wight informed the inquisitive stranger that the building in
question was reckoned a noble specimen of _Gothic_ architecture,
and was built by the _Romans_, who came over with Julius Caesar.
"Friend," said the Major, "you make anachronisms." "No, no, Sir,"
replied the man, "indeed I don't make _anachronisms_, for I never
made any thing but _shoes_ in my life.
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