It is well known to all the world how sincerely we admire the vers_i_tility of Lord Palmerston's genius; how cordially we s_i_mpathize with his patriotic energies.
But the admiration which even a Palmerston inspires must have a bound, and our s_i_mpathy may be called on too far.

When we find ourselves asked to pay--'.

By this time Charley had half covered the half-sheet of foolscap which had been put before him, and here at the word 'pay' he unfortunately suffered a large blot of ink to fall on the paper.
'That won't do, Mr.Tudor, that won't do--come, let us look,' and stretching over again, the Secretary took up the copy.
'Oh dear! oh dear! this is very bad; versatility with an 'i!'-- sympathy with an 'i!' sympathize with an 'i!' Why, Mr.Tudor, you must be very fond of 'i's' down in Shropshire.' Charley looked sheepish, but of course said nothing.
'And I never saw a viler hand in my life.

Oh dear, oh dear, I must send you back to Sir Gilbert.

Look here, Snape, this will never do--never do for the Internal Navigation, will it ?' Snape, the attendant senior clerk, said, as indeed he could not help saying, that the writing was very bad.
'I never saw worse in my life,' said the Secretary.