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upon coming to the tomb of Queen Elizabeth she 

 said, 



" ' Here is that vixen Queen Bess, for Lavater says 

 a sharp chin is the sure guide for it. J 



" She then made remarks on the similarity of the 

 family faces of Mary Queen of Scots and Queen 

 Elizabeth with such judicious comments upon the 

 whole exhibition that I was determined (although a 

 stranger) before I quitted this Phoenix of English 

 history to learn her name, which upon soliciting, 

 assigning as a cause the entertainment I had received 

 and hoping for a further acquaintance, she politely 

 gave that of Mrs. Morhall, No. 18, Castle Street, 

 Holborn." 



" GENERAL MONK. 



" The conductor of Westminster Abbey, upon show- 

 ing General Monk's effigy, said a French lady the day 

 before was tall enough to kiss his chin. Upon this 

 saying Mrs. Morhall stepped up and made a belief to 

 kiss his cheek, when the conductor said, 



" ' Madame, you had better kiss me/ 



" ' If I do so/ said the lady, ' I should have kissed 

 two inanimate beings. ' " 



" DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. 



" Sanders and Lemon were partners and carters at 

 Gravesend (1801), generally employed by Mr. Gillbee, 

 a coal-merchant there, who owed them 61. for labour 

 (Lemon had not behaved very honestly to his 

 employer) ; and when they went to ask for their money, 

 Mr. Gillbee began beating poor Lemon most violently 

 for some distance, Sanders following, when Gillbee 

 turned round to Sanders and said, 



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