The following specimens may be given of the liveliness of mind which
imparted an agreeable flavour both to her correspondence and her
conversation:--
ON READING IN THE NEWSPAPERS THE MARRIAGE OF MR. GELL TO MISS GILL, OF
EASTBOURNE.
At Eastbourne Mr. Gell, From being perfectly well,
Became dreadfully ill, For love of Miss Gill.
So he said, with some sighs, I'm the slave of your _iis_;
Oh, restore, if you please, By accepting my _ees_.
ON THE MARRIAGE OF A MIDDLE-AGED FLIRT WITH A MR. WAKE, WHOM, IT WAS
SUPPOSED, SHE WOULD SCARCELY HAVE ACCEPTED IN HER YOUTH.
Maria, good-humoured, and handsome, and tall,
For a husband was at her last stake;
And having in vain danced at many a ball,
Is now happy to _jump at a Wake_.
'We were all at the play last night to see Miss O'Neil in Isabella. I
do not think she was quite equal to my expectation. I fancy I want
something more than can be. Acting seldom satisfies me. I took two
pockethandkerchiefs, but had very little occasion for either. She is
an elegant creature, however, and hugs Mr.
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