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Anecdotes.
ANECDOTES .
OF THE GREAT DUKE OF NEWCASTLE .
This great man , it is generally known , was very fond of wit ; and it frequently happened thatmen of wit and talents obtained great favours from him'by a spri g htl y idea or saying , which" could not be obtained by any other means . ' A certain author of that period , having been told his Grace ' s weak-side , waited on him One mommaearly in Lincolri ' s-inn-fields ; and having obtained admission , by stating his business to be of the utmost
importance , addressed his Grace as follows : —• " Having the honour of being related to your Grace , and knowing that yoir have many good things in your gift I presume to wait on you to claim' the relationship , and solicit your bounty in my behalf . " « I beg your pardon , " replied the Duke , but as 1 have not the honour of knowing you , will you inform me how related ? «
we are " I need not inform your Grace , " said the stranger , "that -we ¦ ¦ are all related ' by ADAM . " '" Very true , " again replied his Grace , " I acknowled ge the tie ; and in consideration of it , beg your acceptance of this halfpenny . And be assured , that if everyone ,- who is as nearly related , to you as I am , will o-ive you as much , you will not have farther' occasion to solicit my bounty " This conduct so confounded the man of wit , that he ' retired without uttering another word . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ '
; : . . OF THE DUKE , OF MARLBOROUGH . ,. . . . When Marshal Tallard was riding with the Duke of Marlborough in his carriage , after the victory ' of Blenheim , " My lord Duke " says the Marshal , " you have beaten to-day the : best troops in the world . "I hope , " replied the Duke , " you except those who have haa toe honour of beating them . "
.. .. , QF . THE LATE SIR PATRICK BLAKE . Sir Patrick was , once -in company where a nobleman , since dead was relating many wonderful accounts of Echos , which he had heard abroad ; more particularly one ; in the ruins of a temple , on the Appian way , about twelve milesyfrom Rome , which , he said , reheated any words seventy times . That , replied Sir Patrick , ( who had listened with attentionto much
great . more than he believed ) is nothing wonderful . There is an echo on my brother ' s estate , near the lake of Killarney , in Ireland , to which I have frequently said , " Goodmorrow , Madam Echo . '" and , it has immediatel y answered , " Goodmorrow , Sir Patrick Blake ,, how'do you do ? " The nobleman never afterwards told his wonderful tales' of Echos when Sir Patrick was present . ¦ .
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Anecdotes.
ANECDOTES .
OF THE GREAT DUKE OF NEWCASTLE .
This great man , it is generally known , was very fond of wit ; and it frequently happened thatmen of wit and talents obtained great favours from him'by a spri g htl y idea or saying , which" could not be obtained by any other means . ' A certain author of that period , having been told his Grace ' s weak-side , waited on him One mommaearly in Lincolri ' s-inn-fields ; and having obtained admission , by stating his business to be of the utmost
importance , addressed his Grace as follows : —• " Having the honour of being related to your Grace , and knowing that yoir have many good things in your gift I presume to wait on you to claim' the relationship , and solicit your bounty in my behalf . " « I beg your pardon , " replied the Duke , but as 1 have not the honour of knowing you , will you inform me how related ? «
we are " I need not inform your Grace , " said the stranger , "that -we ¦ ¦ are all related ' by ADAM . " '" Very true , " again replied his Grace , " I acknowled ge the tie ; and in consideration of it , beg your acceptance of this halfpenny . And be assured , that if everyone ,- who is as nearly related , to you as I am , will o-ive you as much , you will not have farther' occasion to solicit my bounty " This conduct so confounded the man of wit , that he ' retired without uttering another word . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ '
; : . . OF THE DUKE , OF MARLBOROUGH . ,. . . . When Marshal Tallard was riding with the Duke of Marlborough in his carriage , after the victory ' of Blenheim , " My lord Duke " says the Marshal , " you have beaten to-day the : best troops in the world . "I hope , " replied the Duke , " you except those who have haa toe honour of beating them . "
.. .. , QF . THE LATE SIR PATRICK BLAKE . Sir Patrick was , once -in company where a nobleman , since dead was relating many wonderful accounts of Echos , which he had heard abroad ; more particularly one ; in the ruins of a temple , on the Appian way , about twelve milesyfrom Rome , which , he said , reheated any words seventy times . That , replied Sir Patrick , ( who had listened with attentionto much
great . more than he believed ) is nothing wonderful . There is an echo on my brother ' s estate , near the lake of Killarney , in Ireland , to which I have frequently said , " Goodmorrow , Madam Echo . '" and , it has immediatel y answered , " Goodmorrow , Sir Patrick Blake ,, how'do you do ? " The nobleman never afterwards told his wonderful tales' of Echos when Sir Patrick was present . ¦ .