The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-27
DAILY. LEADER.


: One day as D.. Young was walking i,
: his garden at Welwyn in company viii
:. with two ladies' lone of whem he after
wards married. the servant came to ac-
!: quaint him that a gentleman wished K
speak with him. "Tell him" said thedoc
tor, al am too basily engaged TO change
my situation" The ladies insisted tbat 6e
should 60, 81 his visitor was man of rank
his patron and his friend But as pereus.
sion had no effect, one to,k him by the
night arm, the other by the left and Ied
him 70 the garden gate, when, fndine re-
slstance IN vair, he bowed, laid his hand
upon bis hear, and, in that expressive
manner for which he was 40 remsrIuabla.
spoke the following ines; d--
Tnus Adam looked When fOm he g,rdsn driven,
An shus spu'e ed orders sent fom heaven,
| ike nlm go, int yet to 20 pm leatl; 10 - 3
AAke sim go. tyr ange's drove us both- .rr.4
s Ssr9 was bis fate, ut m ne still moe uBkind;
61s AVe wen. wisa him. bat miLe stays beh nd;
Ben johnson having bsen Invited to dine
a. the Falcon Tavern, where he was al.
ready deeply in debt, the landlord prom
lsed to wipe out the score if he would ten
him what God, and the devil and the
world, and the landlord himself would be
best pleased with. 10 which the ready
PSos PAOAlpeiI TCpliou
God is b st pleased when msn frsske III ir sin;
me devel is bes essed hen they persist tren;
The worlds best plessed when thou dost sell good
winei f 7sHt F.. ,-1-s lI.ilI9 80 | ~
And you're bs t Leased whtn do pay for mine. ],
Burns, going into churchione Sunday.
and finding it difficult 70 procure q sest' !
was kindly invited by young lady into
her pew. The sermon being upon the ter.
rors OF the law, and the preacher being
particularly severe in his denuhc citation of
sinners the lady, who was very attentive, /
became much sgitSted. Burns, on per. 4
ceiving il, wroie with his pencil on |
blank leaf of her Bible, the folloWing:r
Fair maid, you need net take the hinSB
Nor idle ttx's pursue; r'..s
Twas only sinners that he M ant, l
Mt angels buch a. you. a
3 One evening, at the Kings Arms, Dum.
fries, Burns was called from a party of
friends to zee sn impertinent coxcomb in
the form of an KngIish commercial traV.
eler, who patroniziDgly invited the AyS--
shire PLoughnlQn TO 8 glass of wine at ais
table. Entering into conversation with
the eoT'descendtng stranger, Burns coon saw
what K1nd OF person he had to deal with.
About to leave the room the poet was
urged to give specimen of his facility in
iDpromptu verifying, when, having ssked
the name OF the conceited traveller, he ia
stsntly penned and handed. him she fol-
lowing stanzs-after which he abruptly
departed: sHss .6sV a
Intervention hundred and f,rty nine, i
Satan u ok tt0f mAke q swine 4
And cast in . co ner;
But wi lily he chanRed his an,
Shspld il some hing ike m n, i
And oaed II Andrew Horner. /
A H. a. |
lary speech sgsinst Warren Hastings, the
alter (according to the testimony of bis
private secretary, Mr.. Evans, wrote the
GLOWING sarcastic impromptu: @ 81
Oft have we wondered that on I,ish ground
No pois nous reptile ever yet was found;
The secret stands revealed in Natures work;
che saved her venom to cEea g Burkei
DR.. JohDson's definition of q note of {
admiration 4 made on the moment, is very +
leat: .H.ae 80 I'd
see-I see-I know not what;
see de SD above 9 dot, a-.... |
Presenting 70 my contemplation
perfect point Of admiration.
An old gentleman named Gould having
married q young lady of nineteen, thus
ddressed his friend, DR.. G., ct the we'd ]
ing testivAl; -l +
So you see my dear sir, though eiahty year, cd.
girl of nineteen falls in love with old Guridl r
To which the doctor replied: ;
A gil of nineteen may love Gould, it Is true.
But believe me, dear sir, it is Goid with you. L
When Percy first published his collec- :
on of Ancient English Ballads, he was 7
Ither lavish in commendation of their
sautiful simplicity. This provoked DR.. n
ohnson to say one evening at the tea-table B
Miss Reynolds, that he could rhyme as r
ell and as elegantly in common narrative G
Id coLversAtion. "For instance" said 2
"As with my hat upon my head,
/ walked along tue strand e