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Mem Fcb: 6.1836. conversing with

Doster Falconer, as we walked on the tirince at Princes Buildings, Batty, he reporter the following anecdote, in reply to an overxtion of nime that man never recovered their witdeech when once in dotage. W. Harley, terwards, Lord Offord, being threatened with trial for bigh treason, desired an view with the great Duke of Marlborough. On his admission, be showed the Enke a letter, asking his Grace if he knew it again: the Duke ignified that he 'ow; they separated, and Halley'stival was talked 4 no more. Leveral years after M. H. being at Trubridge met the duke who was then divelling & ted about, Leeing H. stopped, fixed his eyes on him and saluted him wit a low bow. This, said D. Falconer, wa undoubted & recognition & something more: the letter in question was from the D. d M. to the Father of Prince Charles E of such a nature that ich brought forward, it wont have conducted the d. to the Scaffold; and through fear & destroying him-Harley's prosecution was dropped.

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BIOGRAΡΗΙΑΝΑ.

BOILEAU,

BOILEAU was one day vifited by a noble

and unprofeffional perfon, who reproached him with not having returned his firft vifit. "You "and I," faid the fatyrift, " are upon different "terms. I lofe my time when I pay a visit; you "only get rid of your's when you do fo." Yet when Menage called upon him one day, and, on finding him at his ftudies, begged his pardon for interrupting him, he replied, "Sir, one man "of letters can never interrupt another.'

Under the ancien regime of France, the manner of paying vifits in that country was attended with no inconvenience; no time was loft, nor any interruption occafioned. Thofe perfons that were not upon very intimate terms with each other were contented with giving in their names. to the fervants, who kept a vifiting-book; this they called je faire infcrire chez un tel, and the compliment was returned in the fame manner. No one can tell what the prefent French do in these cafes, as they have in general appeared to treat each other with as little ceremony as they have done their neighbours.

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