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 *ing, "but I do not think very highly of him. On any subject that he has undertaken, I will undertake to write better. Name the subject, it is all one to Scribble. I have in agitation a new theory on the sublime and beautiful, which will astonish the world. Longinus, Addison, Burke, Gerrard, Hutchinson, Hogarth, psha, they do very well to pass on superficial people, but I believe I must take the subject in hand myself." "How do you like the eloquence of Mr. Fox," said Dr. Wentbridge? "Why, tolerably well his speaking, eloquence you cannot call it. Fox is a good sensible man enough, but no orator." "What is an orator," said Dr. Wentbridge? "What is an orator," replied our sage, "ask your nephew there. Hamilton, you remember my speech at the forum." Mr. Pitt being now proposed as a toast, Scribble having first filled and drunk a