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Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than 

 his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, 

 this is my answer, not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved 

 Rome more/ not that I loved the Poet less, but that I loved 

 poetry more.'' 



J. r,. 



THE PERAMBULATOR, No. II. 



WE intended, under this head, to have given an 

 account of the ancient Guildhall ; but we feel ourselves 

 under the necessity of deferring it until the next num- 

 ber, as we intend to illustrate it with an engraved 

 frontispiece, and as our frontispiece for the present 

 number is of consequence in exemplifying the conclud- 

 ing paper on the construction of the Eddystone Light- 

 house, it could not give place to another. There is 

 however such a variety of objects for us to notice, that 

 we are more at a loss to know which will be most ac- 

 ceptable to our readers, than to find curious matter to 

 fill our pages. We shall this month invite their atten- 

 tion to a new, instead of an ancient feature of our 

 neighbourhood. 



We presume that some of them at least know the 

 value of time, and that they occasionally feel the im- 

 portance of punctuality. They probably make appoint- 

 ments, for business or pleasure, at a stated minute. 

 Some arrive ten minutes before the time, others ten 

 minutes after, and thus twenty minutes, perhaps impor- 

 tant ones are lost : the first comers complain one 

 declares he was only four or five minutes after time ; 

 the other that he was only four or five minutes before 

 it ; (for we are all likely to stretch a little on such oc- 

 casions). Then comes a comparison of watches ; 

 which are found to differ many minutes. "Oh !" says 

 one, " I am certain mine is right, I set it by the Guild- 

 hall this morning." " You must be wrong " says the 

 other, "for I heard the New Church clock strike an 

 hour ago, and on comparing my watch with it, I found 

 they agreed to a minute." Then comes another who 



