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 {{c|{{asc|PAGE }}{{sm|108.}} {{ppoem| {italic} Thy noble master leaves thy halls, To go where sacred duty calls. }}

Lord Charles Aynsley left his Lady's venerable mansion for his Deanery of Booking, Essex, 18O6, and left it, alas, never to return! He died in the prime of life, universally beloved and lamented, May, 1808.

{{c|{{asc|PAGE }}{{sm|122.}}}} {{c|THE WREATHS.}} This Tale is taken from the following passage in Mr. D. Israeli's elegant and amusing work, "The Curiosities of Literature:"—

"I recollect a pretty story, which, in the Talmud or Gemara, some Rabbi has attributed to Solomon.—The incident passed as Solomon sat surrounded by his court. At the foot of the throne stood the inquisitive