DR. DARWIN. 8l 



" im-pu-dence, and Mr. Robinfon by his 

 " mo-deft-y." 



That gentleman, whofe wit, where it 

 met no equal refiftance, kept an untired 

 and fparkling courfe, could feldom reco- 

 ver its track when the jeft and the laugh 

 were with his adverfary. So often was it 

 thus when Dr. Darwin and he met, that 

 Mr. R. rather fhunned than fought the 

 rencounter. It was curious, that he, who 

 met indulgence from his clerical and pious 

 brethren for thofe frolic emanations, wont 

 to play upon the themes his heart revered, 

 fhould fo often find himfelf reproved, with 

 cutting raillery, for the practice, by one 

 not famous for holding religious fubjecls in 

 veneration. 



Dr. Darwin was converfmg with a bro- 

 ther Botanift, concerning the plant Kalmia, 

 then a juft imported ftranger in our green- 

 houfes and gardens. A lady', who was 

 prefent, concluding he had feen it, which 

 in facl; he had not, afked the Doftor what 

 G were 



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