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287. From the Wesleyan Chapel, Wakefield:—

Her manners mild, her temper such!
Her language good, and not too much.

288. From America.

The following is the conclusion of an epitaph on a tombstone in East
Tenessee:—

“She lived a life of virtue, and died of cholera morbus, caused by eating
green fruit, in the full hope of a blessed immortality, at the early age of
twenty-one years, seven months, and sixteen days. Reader, go thou
and do likewise.”

289. On the Distinguished Clown, Grimaldi:—

Here I am.

290. On the Comedian, Foote:—

Foote from his earthly stage, alas! is hurled:
Death took him off who took off all the world.

291. On the Actress, Mrs. Oldfield:—

This we must own in justice to her shade,
‘Tis the first bad exit Oldfield ever made.

292. From Clerkenwell Churchyard:—

Near this monitor of human instability are deposited the remains of
th
Ann, the wife of____________. She resigned her life the 8 day of
November, 1784, aged thirty-seven years.

She was!—
But words are wanting to say what!