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The late celebrated Lady Wallace, happenin to be at an assembly in Edinburgh, a young gentleman, the son of his majesty's late printer who had the patent for publishing bibles, mad his appearance, dressed in geen and gold. Bein a new face, and extremely elegant, he attracte the attention of the whole company. A gener murmur prevailed in the room, to learn who h was: Lady Wallace instantly made answer, lou enough to be heard,-“Oh! don't you know him? it is young Bible bound in calf and gilt- but not letter'd."

Thc Earl of S-a few years ago kept a Irish footman, who perlaps was as expert i making bulls as the most learned of his countrymen. My lord having sent him one day with a present to a certain judge, the judge in return sent his lordship half a dozen live partridge with a letter; the partridges fluttering in th basket, Teague opened the lid of it to quic them, whereupon they all flew away. Oh the devil burn ye, said he, I am glad you an gone: but when he came home, and his mastes read the epistle, O ho, said he I find in the letter there are six partridges.”—“Faith (replied, he) am very glad your lordship ha found them in the letter, for they all fled ou of the basket."

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