sell

   lower than tenpence halfpenny

    a pound

   ."

    Three

   gentlemen being in a coffee-house, one called for a dram,

    because he was hot

   . "Bring me another," says his companion, "

    because I am cold

   ." The third, who sat by and heard them, very quietly called out, "Here, boy, bring me a glass,

    because I like it

   ."

    A person

   to whom the curiosities, buildings, &c., in Oxford were shown one very hot day, was asked by his companion if he would see the remainder of the University. "My dear sir," replied the connoisseur, "I am

    stone blind

   already."

    A satiric

   poet underwent a severe drubbing, and was observed to walk ever afterwards with a stick. "Mr. P. reminds me," says a wag, "of some of the saints, who are always painted with

    the symbols

   of their martyrdom."

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