...the same plan. We quote an example of the modern performance for the sake of comparison : — " Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken...leathern purse retains A splendid shilling ! he nor h rs *ith pain New oysters cry'd, nor sighs for cheerful ale, Bat with his friends when nightly mists...

...character. Thus Philips, in " The Splendid Shilling," makes great havoc of the style of Milton. ' Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife. In silken or in leathern purse retains A spleudid shilling : he nor bears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale But with his...

...Muse ! Things unattemptcd yet, in prose or rhyme," A Shilling, Breeches, and Chimeras dire. HAPPÏ the man, who void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains Л Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale : But with...

...eagerness to get out, they're apt to pull other folks in." CHAPTER XLIIL " Happy the man who, void of care and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A splendid shilling." THE SPLENDID SHILLIKG. " Ktie. Gentlemen, I don't beat my drums here to ensnare or inveigle any man...

...heavenly muse, Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme?' JL shilling, breeches, and chimeras dire. Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken...his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpye, or Town-hall repairs : Where, mindful of the nymph, whose wanton eye Transfix' J his soul,...

...паз, puto, Habentque in urbe hac Thessalœ venéficas. XXIX. XXXI. Ще Sbplenïrto filling. HAPPY the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken...splendid shilling. He nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale : But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie,...

...Per pol inanes insidiœ sunt hœ, puto, Habentque in urbe hac Thessalœ veneficœ. WBJ XXXI. HAPPY the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken...splendid shilling. He nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale : But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie,...

...insidiae sunt hae, puto, Habentque in urbe hac Thessalae veneficae. XXXI. Ш)e jbplenuto Shilling. HAPPY the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken...purse retains . A splendid shilling. He nor hears Avith pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale : But with his friends, when nightly mists...

...muse, Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme ;" ji shilling, breeches, and chimeras dire. m Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains New oysters cry'd, nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To...

...main, Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme ;" •A shilling, breeches, and chimeras dire. Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains New oysters cry'd, nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To...