He was sitting next our gracious
Queen at the time.
[5] "The third day of the Feast the King causeth himself to be weighed
with great care,"--_F. Bernier's "Voyage to Surat," etc_.
[6] "I remember," says Bernier, "that all the Omrahs expressed great joy
that the King weighed two pounds more now than the year preceding."--
Another author tells us that "Fatness, as well as a very large head, is
considered, throughout India, as one of the most precious gifts of
heaven." An enormous skull is absolutely revered, and the happy owner is
looked up to as a superior being. To a _Prince_ a joulter head is
invaluable."--_Oriental Field Sports_.
[7] Major Cartwright.
[8] The name of the first worthy who set up the trade of informer at Rome
(to whom our Olivers and Castleses ought to erect a statue) was Romanus
Hispo.
[9] Short boots so called.
[10] The _open countenance_, recommended by Lord Chesterfield.
[11] Mr. Fudge is a little mistaken here. It was _not_ Grimaldi, but some
very inferior performer, who played this part of "Lord Morley" in the
Pantomime,--so much to the horror of the distinguished Earl of that name.
LETTER X.
FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ----.
Well, it _isn't_ the King, after all, my dear creature!
But _don't_ you go laugh, now--there's nothing to quiz in't--
For grandeur of air and for grimness of feature,
He _might_ be a King, DOLL, tho', hang him, he isn't.
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