it to you as a palace with light the most of this class that i ever had thej luxury of m was the late george m� de esq was the walter scott of the table in i never knew a mm who could ue with such grace ease and dignity he too never told a lie to ii mortal george could ve you a romance in the style of in which he himself always bore a leading part or relate a novel of the new street school with surpassing effect ry of bis hunting and an of the he won at play are the best things of kind if he won a thousand pounds for it wa certain to be a thousand pounds thirteen and five pence three thus always introducing the broken money in order to preserve the keeping and to show you that the circumstances must have happened how else could he have remembered them so the man however who wished to hear george in all his glory should have been present when he began to give his account of the irish rebellion of which he was well acquainted with from personal knowledge never have i heard anything in the way of historical narrative either on or off paper at all to be compared to it in brilliancy and power one too might have been clearly and justly drawn from it by the audience which was that the government must have treated him badly and with base ingratitude because in point of fact had it not been for george the whole fortune of the campaign in that sad business would have gone against the then george s second sight and apparition manner of relating his adventures was always equal if not superior to the matter there he sat bis thread bare ce and lively dark eyes beaming with something between an expression of complacency and a positive smile both probably produced by the novelty of his and which though described as having come within his personal knowledge had on the contrary all been created at the moment no fiction ever flowed on more freely or there was no putting him out of story or out of countenance indeed so much had his the air and of truth that i have known men who themselves very much on their penetration to have often been taken m by them not the thing about george was his readiness to charge several of his friends with invention one in he lying but upon perfectly fair grounds tis true was what a is to a wit when compared with george himself he was at a short lie could invent a single feet at one flight but his wing soon tired and down became he gathered himself again and another incident in which no being except the could feel any concern if you met for instance he would tell you that he had just with my lord n and was asked to dine with him to morrow this was a lie george was notwithstanding his happiness at fiction an honest man who in the intercourse of but especially in the practical transactions of business was strictly bound by to be sure he had one but that was more than by his talent at lying � he gave bad of this i am myself a living proof and never wiu the man who gives bad receive at my hands � but what was worse a good glass of punch i never drank at his t ble tis true i might overlook the indifferent supper bad never on of both these subjects often remonstrated with him in a so earnest that it must haye him the deep interest i took in his george s standing supper was of which he was enough to serve up five i now i ask who could stand that f i grant are very good in their place but on george s table no such as a decent ever made its appearance the ct was that the children and servants always out the below stairs and when you sat down it soon became evident that you were digging in vain among a magnificent pile of empty shells this was monstrous and deserved exposure to a man like me who am no and love a good supper it was altogether a bitter disappointment george when about forty five joined a society that had been got up by a set of young fellows who were anxious to improve themselves in he was of course admitted by having been well known to most of them the first night on he spoke i was present by his express tion they him into the chair after which he arose and said � in rising up to express without fear favour or affection having proceeded thus far he was greeted with a hear hear by some one in the comer of the room george turned hastily about and shouted with something of alarm where where in a moment all present were in and ii his speech still addressing mr as if he himself had not presided it was however a vile effort � that is the truth indeed he felt it to be such for pursuing his own meaning through a of empty words as if he had been hunting a stray through a dish of shells he exclaimed � gentlemen eloquence is � but no matter � sit down and give you the he accordingly took his seat and firom the moment he got on his until he the his audience were bound as if by the second sight and apparition of an poor george he died after a of eaten in town whilst his were out at his country residence lodge he made lying his in a little church yard beside the lodge he now lies buried and what is not considering his character an old sun dial stands beside his grave which to tell 