In his reply, he very ingeniously observed, that this objection reminded him of an applicant for admission to the Magdalen, who, upon being exhorted by the Chaplain to forsake her evil ways, replied that she was not aware of his meaning, and upon explanation she was excluded from the Charity, because she was not bad enough to require reforming.

'This,' said Mr.Home Tooke, 'is exactly my case; because I am in Holy Orders I must leave the House, and after committing some act of impropriety to lose my gown, I may yet be eligible for a Member of this Assembly.'" "Pointed enough," said Bob Tallyho.
"Yes," replied Tom; "and having mentioned the name of the man, you may perhaps recollect the order of the day, ~44~~ as well as the curious definition (before the Commissioners of the Income Tax) as to how a man lives who has no income at all.

Being interrogated by the Commissioners, as to how he obtained his living, Mr.Home Tooke replied as follows:--'Why, it appears to me, Gentlemen, that there are three modes by which a person may obtain a living; the first is by begging--now this I am too proud to submit to;--the second, by stealing--this I don't choose to resort to;--and the third is by the exercise of the wits--and this, Gentlemen, I presume, you know nothing about.' "Here," said Dashall, "is the Surrey Theatre, formerly denominated the Royal Circus.

I shall, however, dispatch my description of it in a very few words, as we will ere long pay a visit to its interior.

It is a neat building, and shews a good front to the road; is fitted up with a considerable degree of elegance, and is a very convenient theatre.