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 —for I have Hafen Slawkenbergius's folio, Sir, to finish—a dialogue between my father and my uncle Toby, upon the solution of Prignitz, Scroderus, Ambrose Paræus, Ponocrates and Grangousier to relate,—a tale out of Slawkenbergius to translate, and all this in five minutes less, than no time at all;—such a head!—would to heaven! my enemies only saw the inside of it!

was not any one scene more entertaining in our family,—and to do it justice in this point;—and I here put off my cap and lay it upon the table close beside my ink-horn, on purpose to make my declaration to the world concerning this one article, the more solemn,—that I believe in my soul, (un-