Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

'Go on, my dear Sir! You are not unknown here, you are not unappreciated. Though "remote", we are neither "unfriended", "melancholy", nor (I may add) "slow". Go on, my dear Sir, in your Eagle course! The inhabitants of Port Middlebay may at least aspire to watch it, with delight, with entertainment, with instruction! ¡¡¡¡'Among the eyes elevated towards you from this portion of the globe, will ever be found, while it has light and life, ¡
¡¡¡ 'The 'Eye 'Appertaining to ¡¡¡¡ 'WILKINS MICAWBER, 'Magistrate.' ¡¡¡¡ I found, on glancing at the remaining contents of the newspaper, that Mr. Micawber was a diligent and esteemed correspondent of that journal. There was another letter from him in the same paper, touching a bridge; there was an advertisement of a collection of similar letters by him, to be shortly republished, in a neat volume, 'with considerable additions'; and, unless I am very much mistaken, the Leading Article was his also.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"