The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

LETTERS, TRACTS, isfc, 367Upon the elegance of its compofition, and that It wasthought worthy the learned d r, he was rathervain on that head than otherwife : So that, except thathe begrimmed his vifage a little more than ordinaryby putting in a cart of coals that morning, J —{howed as good a countenance upon the occafion asany of the company : And it was lucky for him thatthe p r, who was chairman of the committee,was a mild tempered mighty good kind of man, andHO keen friend to the learned d—r—r who had boldlyprofcfTed himfelf to be author of the addrefs that hadbeen printed.Well, John (fays p r when he appcra-edbefore the committee), what's this you have been doing? It feems you are grown feery o' the feet again.You have been writing an addrefs to the king ?Why trewly, gentlemun, (fays John), ye are myguid and learnit maifters, and thoch it be doan myfell owr muckle honnir, as I ha' na* the lair, I winna'mack a lie and deney it. I did a' far the beft, andfar the credit and exonursrtion o' the c——e.Vr. So John : You are really then the author ofthe adilrefs.'*D. Indeed am I. I lioup ye v/inna' tack it ill.J.I did a' for the beft.Pr. And pray, John, what could be your reafonsfor this llrange proceeding ?Do you know the {^xqwliberal fciences ? Do you know logic, and analytics^and fynthetics ? Can you* write a paper better than^our whole facultv ?D. Why, gentlemun, an' ye wad nac be angry,J.I wad tell ye a' frank and free. I ha' a real liking tothe king : They fay he is a guid honefl king, and Ithocht it wad do me guid to wret him far yins aforeI die, and I houp hee'l no be the war for reading apaper of J —n D—Idf—n's macking up •, this was aereafon \ and anither was, I feared that the learnitmun that undertuck to wret the addrefs, being apt to