C. B.

_Chloe_ (Vol. iii., p. 449.).--In reply to a Query in one of your late

numbers respecting the meaning of the expression "as drunk as Chloe," it

has been suggested to me that it refers to a lady who is mentioned

often in Prior's _Poems_, and who was celebrated for the propensity

alluded to.

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