Chapter 1386 of 1964 · 65 words · ~1 min read

XLII.

But Juan was received with much _"empressement:"_-- These phrases of refinement I must borrow From our next neighbours' land, where, like a chessman, There is a move set down for joy or sorrow, Not only in mere talking, but the press. Man In Islands is, it seems, downright and thorough, More than on Continents--as if the Sea (See Billingsgate) made even the tongue more free.