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=Another Impending Apology.=
"Mr. Roberts, Member of Parliament, has arrived. Mr. Roberts is a
tall and well-built gentleman with a posing appearance."
_Mysore Patriot_.
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"Families supplied in 18, 12 or 6 gallon casks."--_Hertford
brewer's notice_.
Where's your DIOGENES now?
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"The dinner was in the House of Commons, and I sat next to Henry.
I was tremendously impressed by his conversation and his clean
Cromwellian face."
_From a famous autobiography._
It was, we trust, the CROMWELL touch rather than the cleanness that
was so impressive.
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[Illustration: _Ancient Gardener_ (_who has just been paid_). "OI SAY,
MAISTER, THERE'S SUMMAT WRONG WI' MA BRASS."
_Employer._ "WHAT'S THAT, JOHN?"
_A.G._ "WHA, SITHEE, THA'S GI'EN MA ONE TA MONY."
_Employer._ "YOU'RE VERY HONEST, JOHN."
_A.G._ "WEEL, THA SEES I THOAT IT MID 'A' BIN A TRAP."]
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