Chapter C: J. CAYLEY, Las Alforgas

Tout le monde se plaint de sa mémoire, et
personne ne se plaint de son jugement.

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, _Réflexions_.

_ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS_.

When lately Pym descended into Hell,
Ere he the cups of Lethè did carouse,
What place that was, he callèd loud to tell;
To whom a Devil--"This is the Lower House."

WILLIAM DRUMMOND (1585-1649).

The working-man is a noble creature--when he is
quite sober.

_Alexis_, in W. S. GILBERT's _Sorcerer_.

_DEFENDANT'S SONG._

When first my old, old love I knew,
My bosom swelled with joy;
My riches at her feet I threw,--
I was a love-sick boy!
No terms seemed too extravagant
Upon her to employ--
I used to mope, and sigh, and pant,
Just like a love-sick boy!

But joy incessant palls the sense,
And love, unchanged, will cloy,
And she became a bore intense
Unto her love-sick boy!
With fitful glimmer burnt my flame,
And I grew cold and coy,
At last, one morning, I became
Another's love-sick boy!

W. S. GILBERT, _Trial by Jury_.

Dining one day where the host became exceedingly
excited and angry at not being able to
find any stuffing in a roasted leg of pork, Poole
quietly suggested, "Perhaps it is in the other leg?"

J. R. PLANCHÉ, _Recollections_.

In 1848, Feargus O'Connor was charged in the
House with being a republican. He denied it,
and said he did not care whether the Queen or
the Devil was on the throne. Peel replied: "When the
honourable gentleman sees the sovereign of his choice on
the throne of these realms, I hope he'll enjoy, and I'm
sure he'll deserve, the confidence of the Crown."

ABRAHAM HAYWARD, _Essays_.

I loiter down by thorp and town;
For any job I'm willing;
Take here and there a dusty brown,
And here and there a shilling.

I deal in every ware in turn,
I've rings for buddin' Sally,
That sparkle like those eyes of her'n;
I've liquor for the valet.

The things I've done 'neath moon and stars
Have got me into messes;
I've seen the sky through prison bars,
I've torn up prison dresses.

But out again I come, and show
My face, nor care a stiver;
For trades are brisk and trades are slow,
But mine goes on for ever.