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( 20 ) they had finiſhed, the doctor proceeded to give judgment in the following manner: As for you. Sir, addreſſing himſelf to the firſt, you are by much the worſt finger I ever heard in my life.-Ah, ſaid the other exaltingly, I knew I wold gain my wager.- Stop. Sir, ſays the doctor, I have a word to ſay to you before you go, which is this, That as for you, Sir, you cannot ſing at all.

58. An Iriſhman being told that a friend of his had put he money in the ſtocks: Well, ſaid he, I never had a farthing in the ſtocks; but I have had my legs in them often enough.

59. A humorous fellow a carpenter, being ſubpoened as a witneſs on a trial for an aſſault, que of counſel, who was very much given to brow-heat the evidence, aſked him what diſtance he was from the parties which he ſaw the defendant ſtrike the plaintiff! The carpenter anſwered. Juſt four feet five inches, and a hal.-Pry'th e fellow ſays the counſel how is it poſſible you can be to very exact as to diſtance? Why, to tell you the truth, ſays the carpenter, I thought, perhaps, that ſome fool or other might aſk me, and therefore I meaſured it.

60. A ſailor once obſerving that his great grand-father grandfather, and father died at ſea: Quoth another, who heard him if I was you. I would never go to ſea. Why, ſaid the ſailor, where did your great grandfather, grandfather, and father die?- He anſwered, in their beds. Then, ſaid the ſailor, If I were you, I would never go to bed.

01. A porter going to a Mr. Blaſt's hope one day with a load up in his back, ſaid to a gentleman that he met in the Haymarket. Pray your honour, can you tell me where Mr. Blaft lives?-Mr. Blaft! Blaft, did you