I found, to my great horror, that I was a main cause of a terrible epidemic, and that to give alms without discretion was to spread poverty without help.

I left the city when my year was out, and as ill-luck would have it, just at the time when I was most wanted." "And oh," cried Hospitality, "I went to Ireland also.

I fixed my abode with a squireen; I ruined him in a year, and only left him because he had no longer a hovel to keep me in." "As for myself," said Temperance, "I entered the breast of an English legislator, and he brought in a bill against ale-houses; the consequence was, that the labourers took to gin; and I have been forced to confess that Temperance may be too zealous when she dictates too vehemently to others." "Well," said Courage, keeping more in the background than he had ever done before, and looking rather ashamed of himself, "that travelling carriage I got into belonged to a German general and his wife, who were returning to their own country.

Growing very cold as we proceeded, she wrapped me up in a polonaise; but the cold increasing, I inadvertently crept into her bosom.

Once there I could not get out, and from thenceforward the poor general had considerably the worst of it.
She became so provoking that I wondered how he could refrain from an explosion.