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of eating, let me tell you a story of our 

 parish schoolmistress, who some time since, 

 when the children were kindly presented 

 with a cake, became suddenly indignant 

 at the youthful gormandizing, and cried 

 out, " Well, I never did see children eat 

 at such a rate ! where 's your manners ? 

 Put the rest in your handkerchers ! " 



/. Thank you, both for your illustration 

 of grammer, and for your anecdote ; but, 

 pray, what does Simon mean by lear ? 



S. That 's a word which ought to be 

 drafted into our next new dictionary. 

 "Lear" expresses the state of stomach for 

 which " hungry " is not sufficiently descrip- 

 tive ; and as it is a good Anglo-Saxon 

 word, I recommend it to the notice of our 

 lexicographers. The Germans have it ; but 

 with them I believe it merely stands for 

 empty. Its use is not confined to this 

 part of the country. 



J. It is " an excellent good word," as 



