9/26 No Other Country is so Favoured as This Country.' 'And ozer countries? The sound is "th"-- "th!"' 'And OTHER countries,' said the foreign gentleman. 'They do how ?' 'They do, Sir,' returned Mr Podsnap, gravely shaking his head; 'they do--I am sorry to be obliged to say it--AS they do.' 'It was a little particular of Providence,' said the foreign gentleman, laughing; 'for the frontier is not large.' 'Undoubtedly,' assented Mr Podsnap; 'But So it is. It was the Charter of the Land. This Island was Blest, Sir, to the Direct Exclusion of such Other Countries as--as there may happen to be. |