Hang it, sir, it's a comfort to meet with such a generous, candid creature .-- Who's that gal in the second row, with blue ribbons, third from the stage--fine gal.

Yes, you and I are sentimentalists.

Wagg I don't think so much cares--it's the stomach rather more than the heart with you, eh, Wagg, my boy ?" "I like everything that's good," said Mr.Wagg, generously.

"Beauty and Burgundy, Venus and Venison.

I don't say that Venus's turtles are to be despised, because they don't cook them at the London Tavern: but--but tell us about old Pendennis, Mr.Wenham," he abruptly concluded--for his joke flagged just then, as he saw that his patron was not listening.