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Thoughts that--could patience hold--'twere wiser far
To leave still hid and burning where they are.
[1] "They used to leave a square yard of the wall of the house
unplastered, on which they write, in large letters, either the fore-
mentioned verse of the Psalmist ('If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,' etc.) or
the words--'The memory of the desolation.'"--Leo of Modena.
[2] I have thought it prudent to omit some parts of Mr. Phelim Connor's
letter. He is evidently an intemperate young man, and has associated with
his cousins, the Fudges, to very little purpose.
[3] The late Lord C. of Ireland had a curious theory about names;--he
held that every man with _three_ names was a Jacobin.
LETTER V.
FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ----.
What a time since I wrote!--I'm a sad, naughty girl--
For, tho' like a tee-totum, I'm all in a twirl;--
Yet even (as you wittily say) a tee-totum
Between all its twirls gives a _letter_ to note 'em.
But, Lord, such a place! and then, DOLLY, my dresses,
My gowns, so divine!--there's no language expresses,
Except just the _two_ words "_superbe_, _magnifique_,"
The trimmings of that which I had home last week!
It is called--I forget--_a la_--something which sounded
Like _alicampane_--but in truth I'm confounded
And bothered, my dear, 'twixt that troublesome boy's
(BOB'S) cookery language, and Madame LE ROI'S:
What with fillets of roses, and fillets of veal,
Things _garni_ with lace, and things _garni_ with eel,
One's hair and one's cutlets both _en papillote_,
And a thousand more things I shall ne'er have by rote,
I can scarce tell the difference, at least as to phrase,
Between beef _a la Psyche_ and curls _a la braise_.
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